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Sunday, October 29, 2017
Denton Record-Chronicle
Sailboat survivors recount doomed Pacific voyage
wanese fishing boat saw them
on Tuesday and notified the Na-
lish, a language not spoken on
the fishing vessel.
Eventually she was able to
swim to the fishing vessel and
use their radio to make a may-
day call.
The Navy ship showed up
Wednesday, the next morning.
“Ok, were going to make it,”
Appel told herself after sailors
radioed from the Ashland’s
bridge assurances that they did
indeed see them.
Their boat, deemed no lon-
ger seaworthy, was allowed to
drift away after their rescue, al-
though Appel says she hopes she
might eventually retrieve and
repair it.
Despite the ordeal, Appel
says she’s far from done with the
sea. If she can find and fix her
boat she’ll be ready to take it out
By Caleb Jones
Associated Press
HONOLULU — Trapped on
a storm-battered boat in the mid-
dle of the Pacific Ocean for
months, Jennifer Appel and
Tasha Fuiava were just about out
of food and beginning to believe
they were completely out of luck
when they finally saw it: a U.S.
Navy ship chuggingtowardthem.
“When I saw the gray ship on
the horizon, I was just shaking,”
Appel told reporters Friday. “I
was ready to ciy, I was so happy.
I knew we were going to live.”
On Wednesday the pair, fol-
lowed by their dogs, Zeus and
Valentine, boarded the USS
Ashland, all four looking re-
markably fit for having been lost
at sea for nearly six months.
They had been drifting aim-
lessly across the Pacific since the
end of May and had sent out un-
answered distress calls for 98
consecutive days before crew
members aboard a passing Tai-
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They had left Honolulu on
May 3 aboard Appel’s 50-foot
vessel the Sea Nymph for what
was to be an 18-day journey to
Tahiti, followed by months of lei-
surely cruising the South Pacific
before returning home.
Disaster struck almost im-
mediately when a storm bat-
tered their boat with 50- to 70-
mile-per-hour winds for three
days as they left Hawaii. They
continued on anyway, thinking
the vessel [wasn’t that badly
damaged.
By the end of the month an-
other storm had flooded their
boat’s engine, however, and they
discovered its sails and mast had
been damaged enough earlier
that they could no longer gener-
ate adequate wind power to
keep the vessel on course.
They were 900 miles off the
coast of Japan, and thousands of
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Jennifer Appel, left, and Tasha Fuiava, who with their dogs were rescued after being lost at sea
for several months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti, are interviewed Wednesday
aboard the USS Ashland in the South Pacific Ocean.
miles in the wrong direction,
when a Taiwanese fishing vessel
found them and started to tow
them.
tempting to tow the Sea Nymph, “We incurred incredible
the 100-ton steel ship was dam- damage,” Appel said of the 24-
aging the much smaller sailboat hours under tow that were the
as it pulled it through the open scariest of the trip. It didn’t help
ocean. that the women only spoke Eng-
agam.
‘Well, you got to die some-
time,” she said. “You may as well
be doing something you enjoy
when you’re doing it, right?”
As the fishing vessel was at-
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Contractor fraud leaves some
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Most of those cases involved
homeowners filing fraudulent
applications for relief funds, but
others have been contractors
like Lawson.
Others including engineer-
ing companies and mortgage
brokers have been charged with
fraud in New York after author-
ities say they scammed federal
loan programs after the storm.
Prosecutors and victims say
their experience after Sandy in
choosing contractors who saw
opportunity in chaos can pro-
vide lessons to residents in Flori-
da, Texas and Puerto Rico after
recent devastating storms there.
“The cases involving contrac-
tors defrauding victims, to me,
are the worst of the worse,” At-
torney General Christopher Por-
rino said. “You’ve got people
down and out trying to put their
lives back together. It’s like get-
ting hit twice.”
Complaints started coming
in about a month after Sandy,
said Sgt. Mark Malinowski of
the Ocean County prosecutor’s
office economic crimes unit. The
county was one of the state’s
hardest hit by Sandy.
Malinowksi believes people
let their guards down when
they’re using government grant
money to pay for repairs.
“It’s different than taking
money out of their personal
checking accounts,” he said.
Bindell contacted contrac-
tors to get price quotes and
through word of mouth he
learned about Lawson in the
summer of 2015.
“He did some jobs in town
and I went to look at them. He
was cheaper than the other guys
and he was listed as an approved
contractor,” Bindell said.
The nearly $150,000 project
would take six to eight months to
complete, Bindell said he was
told. However, it took Lawson al-
most a year to complete the plans
and Bindell said when he started
work, Lawson was fined for ele-
vating the home without a permit.
By Shawn Marsh
Associated Press
TRENTON, N. J. - After Su-
perstorm Sandy flooded the first
floor of his New Jersey home
with 4 feet of water, Rich Bindell
shelled out tens of thousands of
dollars to a contractor he knew
was approved
by the state
and had done
other work in
Ms town.
Five years
after the storm,
the construc-
tion project re-
mains unfin-
ished and the contractor faces up
to 10 years in prison after admit-
ting this month to scamming
more than 30 homeowners and
employees of about $L9 million.
James “Jaime” Lawson is one
of more than 200 people
charged in New Jersey with $11
million worth of Sandy-related
fraud in a list that continues to
grow five years after the storm.
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waiting on bar results may apply. Attorneys must present a current bar card, licensed in any state.
Recent college graduates with a Bachelor’s, Master’s, PHD, JD, LLB, LLM degree in law, legal studies, finance
or related business area of study are encouraged to apply even if they have no prior lending environment
experience.
Legal Assistants type, data enter, proofread and assemble loan documents. Customer service and phone skills
are a plus. Now hiring 2nd shift: 6 PM to 4:30 AM • 10% Night Differential for core hours
Legal Assistants base hourly rate:
$16.77 - $27.01 plus Night Differential for non-overtime hours (0/T rate $25.16 - $40.52)
Attorneys / Paralegals base hourly rate: $25.41 - $39.96 (0/T rate $38.12 - $41.97)
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financial information; determining creditworthiness and repayment ability; and making loan decisions (or
recommendations) based on overall financial condition.
Recent college graduates with no prior lending experience are encouraged to apply. Additionally,
individuals who have prior lending experience should have experience determining repayment ability using
income related documents (tax returns, W-2, paystubs, etc.) and experience analyzing consumer credit
reports. Automotive lending (Underwriting) experience is a plus!
Education: A degree in Business Administration is qualifying provided the major was in accounting, finance,
or similar area.
Related/Relevant Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study - finance, business
administration, economics, accounting, insurance, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law,
real estate operations, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural
economics, farm, livestock or ranch management.
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