Burden of Proof

Though making plans is on hold while their suits wind through the courts, the one thing Galbreath and Shuck both say they want is to stay clean. Neither has any intention of going back to the forced semi-sobriety of a life at sea, so they're trying to make it on land. Both have joined 12-step programs, attend the meetings, and talk openly about their struggle. Galbreath's only trip anywhere near a ship since being plucked from the ocean was to Fishermen's Terminal to lay five roses at a makeshift memorial for "Captain Pete" and the others who lost their lives that Easter morning.

Galbreath tears up when talking about the accident—not when he recalls fearing for his own life, but when he thinks about those who died. "I didn't do nothin'," he says.

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Galbreath mulls his future.

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