“They were kids, and they were put in a death trap.'
Christiana Sweetwood, mother of Marine Lance Corporal Chase Sweetwood, hand coming from left, Aleta Bath, mother of Private First Class Evan Bath and Lupita Garcia, mother of Marine Lance Corporal Marco Barranco embrace each other at a press conference next to a picture of Chase Sweetwood on Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Oceanside, Calif.
Dubin added that the troops were trapped inside for 45 minutes before the vehicle, known as an AAV, sank. Four Marines tried to use their body weight to force the hatch open, the lawyers said, adding that if the doors went inward and locked instead of to the outside, they could have gotten out in under two minutes.The families cried as he spoke; three of the mothers embraced. Among them was Aleta Bath of East Troy, Wisconsin, who lost her only child.
Military leaders agreed the tragedy could have been prevented. An investigation by the maritime branch found the accident off San Clemente Island was caused by inadequate training, shabby maintenance of the 35-year-old amphibious assault vehicles and poor judgment by commanders.About a dozen Marine officers have been forced out of their jobs or disciplined in another way. The Marine Corps also relieved a two-star general in June who had overseen the exercise.
The troops who died were inside a decades-old amphibious vehicle, but lawyers said the newer ones, including a line now in production, have the same issue, which is why they are suing. “When they took my son, they kind of took my life," she said through tears. “There's a hole in my family I can't fix. And I don't want another mother standing at a door at 7 a.m. and two casualty officers telling her that her son is missing."
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