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Years after fire engulfed scuba dive boat killing 34 people, captain's trial begins_我的网站

A |     LOS ANGELES -- By the time the scuba dive boat sank off the Southern California coast after catching fire, 34 people had been killed in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.The Labor Day tragedy in 2019 spurred changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and civil lawsuits. Now four years later, a federal trial for the Conception's captain, Jerry Boylan, is set to begin Tuesday with jury selection in Los Angeles.It's been a long, frustrating wait for the families of those who perished. They say a judge's ruling that their loved ones should not be called “victims” at trial has only added to their pain. “The past four years have been like living in a nightmare that you don’t wake up from,” said Kathleen McIlvain, whose 44-year-old son Charles was killed. The 75-foot (23-meter) boat was anchored off the Channel Islands, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Santa Barbara, on Sept. 2, 2019, when it caught fire before dawn on the last day of a three-day excursion, sinking less than 100 feet (30 meters) from shore. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed Boylan for the tragedy, saying his failure to post a roving night watchman allowed the fire to quickly spread undetected, trapping the 33 passengers and one crew member below. Those on board included a new deckhand who’d landed her dream job and an environmental scientist who did research in Antarctica, along with a globe-trotting couple, a Singaporean data scientist, three sisters, their father and his wife. U.S. District Judge George Wu on Oct. 12 granted Boylan's request to bar most if not all references to “victims” — which the captain's attorneys say is a prejudicial term that jeopardizes his right to a fair trial. It's the latest setback for the prosecution.A grand jury in 2020 initially indicted Boylan on 34 counts of a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as “seaman’s manslaughter” that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters. Each count carries up to 10 years in prison in a conviction, for a total of 340 years.Defense lawyers sought to dismiss those charges, arguing the deaths were the result of a single incident and not separate crimes. Prosecutors got a superseding indictment charging Boylan with only one count.Then in 2022, Wu ruled the superseding indictment failed to specify that Boylan acted with gross negligence, saying that was a required element to prove the crime of seaman’s manslaughter. He dismissed that indictment, forcing prosecutors to go before a grand jury again.Boylan is now charged with one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer. The single count means he faces only 10 years behind bars if convicted.He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. His federal public defenders did not return The Associated Press' repeated requests for comment, and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment.Some of the dead were wearing shoes, prompting investigators to believe they were awake and trying to escape. Both exits from the below-deck bunkroom were blocked by flames. Coroner’s reports list smoke inhalation as the cause of death, though official autopsies were never conducted.What exactly started the predawn fire remains unknown. Early official scrutiny appeared to focus on a spot where divers plugged in phones and other electronics. But a Los Angeles Times story, citing a confidential report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the blaze began in a plastic trash can on the main deck though an official cause remains undetermined. Boylan and four crew members sleeping in the upper deck told investigators they tried to save the others but were ultimately forced to jump overboard to survive. Boylan made a mayday call at 3:14 a.m. just before abandoning ship.Dozens of family members have since formed “Advocacy34” to push for strengthened boating regulations. While seeking answers, they’ve comforted each other during loved ones’ missed birthdays and mourned each anniversary.“We have no idea when we’ll get those answers, or if we ever will,” McIlvain said.At the time of the fire, no owner, operator or charterer had been cited or fined for failure to post a roving patrol since 1991, Coast Guard records showed.The NTSB faulted the Coast Guard for not enforcing that requirement and recommended it develop a program to ensure boats with overnight passengers actually have the watchman.The Coast Guard has since enacted new regulations regarding fire detection systems, extinguishers, escape routes and other safety measures as mandated by Congress. But it has yet to implement a comprehensive safety management system after industry advocates pushed back, citing costs.Victims' families have sued the Coast Guard in one of several ongoing civil suits.Three days after the inferno, Truth Aquatics Inc., which belongs to the Conception’s owners, Glen and Dana Fritzler, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under a pre-Civil War provision of maritime law that allows it to limit its liability to the remains of the boat, which was a total loss. The time-tested legal maneuver has been successfully employed by the owners of the Titanic and other vessels, and requires the Fritzlers show they were not at fault.The couple's attorneys did not respond to requests for comment.In response to the families' outcry, federal lawmakers last year updated the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 so owners can be held liable for damages regardless of the boat’s value afterward. The law is not retroactive, however, and will not apply in the case of the Conception.。

B |     자료사진. 게티이미지뱅크 [파이낸셜뉴스] 중국에서 30대 여성이 보름 동안 물만 마시는 무리한 단식으로 단기간에 20㎏을 감량했다가 영구적인 장애를 남길 수 있는 뇌 질환을 진단받았다. 극단적인 식이 제한 다이어트가 뇌 손상으로 직결될 수 있음을 보여주는 사례다. 25일(현지시간) 사우스차이나모닝포스트(SCMP) 등 외신에 따르면 중국 허난성에 거주하는 여성 A씨(31·신장 160㎝)는 몸무게 70㎏에서 도교식 단식 수행법인 '비구(곡식을 끊는 행위)'를 모방해 15일간 물만 섭취했다. 체중은 50㎏대로 줄었으나, 단식 직후 보행 시 균형을 잡지 못하고 심각한 기억력 감퇴 증상이 나타나 병원을 찾았다. 정저우대 제1부속병원 신경과 쑨구이팡 의사는 A씨에게 '베르니케 뇌병증'을 진단했다. 담당 의사는 "A씨가 펭귄처럼 뒤뚱거리며 걷는 불안정한 보행을 보이고 있으며, 이러한 신경계 손상은 완전히 회복되지 않을 위험이 있다"고 경고했다. '베르니케 뇌병증'이란? 원인과 주요 증상 베르니케 뇌병증은 인체 내 필수 비타민인 비타민 B1의 결핍으로 인해 뇌 조직(시상하부, 유두체 등)에 손상이 발생하는 급성 신경학적 응급 질환이다. 비타민 B1은 뇌세포가 포도당을 에너지로 전환하는 대사 과정에 필수적인 영양소로, 장기 단식·심한 영양실조·만성 알코올 중독 등으로 섭취나 흡수가 급격히 줄어들면 발병한다. 베르니케 뇌병증의 대표적인 3대 징후로는 안구 운동 장애와 보행 장애, 인지 기능 저하가 꼽힌다. 발병 초기에는 안구가 떨리는 안진이나 사물이 겹쳐 보이는 복시 증상이 나타나며, 소뇌 손상으로 인해 중심을 잡지 못하고 다리를 넓게 벌린 채 뒤뚱거리며 걷는 운동실조증이 동반된다. 여기에 시간과 장소를 분간하지 못하는 혼란 상태와 급격한 기억력 감퇴가 복합적으로 발생한다. 치료의 핵심은 '골든타임' 확보와 신속한 영양 공급이다. 증상이 의심되는 즉시 고용량의 비타민 B1을 정맥 또는 근육 주사로 긴급 투여해야 한다. 특히 체내 비타민 B1이 고갈된 상태에서 포도당 수액 등 탄수화물을 먼저 투여할 경우 뇌 손상이 급속도로 악화될 수 있어 반드시 비타민 B1 공급이 선행돼야 한다. 조기 치료 시기를 놓칠 경우 영구적인 뇌 손상 단계인 '코르사코프 증후군'으로 악화된다. 이 단계에 접어들면 만성 보행 장애는 물론 새로운 기억을 형성하지 못하는 단기 기억 상실과 비어 있는 기억을 무의식적으로 지어내는 '작화증'이 남아 정상적인 일상생활이 불가능해지며, 방치할 경우 혼수나 사망에 이를 수 있다. 전문가들은 극단적인 절식이나 물 단식이 체지방 감량이 아닌 심각한 신경계 손상과 장기 부전을 초래한다고 입을 모은다. 건강한 감량을 위해서는 당분과 정제 탄수화물 섭취를 줄이되, 단백질과 비타민 등 필수 영양소를 고루 섭취하는 지속 가능한 식단을 유지해야 한다는 지적이다.                    자료사진. 게티이미지뱅크。

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