"It's becoming a tube of water," Commander Hadfield said, staring intently at the cloth over his signature mustache.
A second Army helicopter accompanying the MH-47 hovered near the accident site, but was unable to locate any survivors in the water, Commander Davis said.
In Port-au-Prince, many piers had collapsed into the harbor and oil had spilled into the water, Commander Durham said, but there did not appear to be obstructions in the channel leading into the port, meaning that other American or foreign relief ships should be able to approach the area.
"It's a very narrow waterway, and they may have strayed into Iranian waters," Commander Gage said.
"It's a significant spill, if for nothing else because of its impact on the water supply," Commander Ben-Iesau said.
In October 1920, he also became operations officer and flag secretary to Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol ,Commander U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters and High Commissioner to Turkey.
A block from the front line of Syria Street, Abu Hamad, the Sunni commander, and his men drank water and checked the volume on their radios.
"Ron took to being a platoon commander like a duck to water," Christopher McIntosh, his executive officer and close friend, wrote in an e-mail message.
Locals say they have seen bodies in the water but the commander of the Navy said the allegation was impossible, as Jonathan Head reports.
To verify Morris' claims of impending shoal water, Brown asked Commander Millet to check Morris's position.
