Why is that your standard? There are categories of obesity. If the "Russian giant" Voronin were actually only of average height he would have a BMI around 35, putting him at the top end of Stage 1 (of 3) of obesity.
Because if there's one thing teenagers are known for, it's thinking that their parents are just the coolest.
We have no reliable evidence of this.
Do you have a source for any of your claims regarding Voronin’s physicsl condition, whatever they may be? Nelson is clearly not authoritative for the relevant facts, and you’ve provided us with nothing else besides distraction.
Apologies, it was dabop who said that. We are all still waiting for him to provide any evidence. <fx looks at watch>
Yes, I have seen it stated in more than one place. The salient point is, he was obese by any standard, assuming he's under 6'3", had a fractured spine, had to hop on one leg, yet he, his 15-yr-old son who thought he'd fractured his arm and grandad, all managed to survive and they were in the same vicinity as the senior crew in terms of cabin quarters. The grandfather seems to have been hanging onto a rope outside of the raft until morning and the kid hoisted up after several abortive and one fatal attempt, by Silja Europa crew, onto its deck. As Eleanor Roosevelt famously said, "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
And assuming he is 245lbs, something which you've yet to provide any solid evidence for.
Is this jumbled train of thought supposed to lead to some sort of conclusion?
It wasn't visible when the report was wreitten. It only became apparent after the ship settled and rolled revealing the hole.
With only one hand an eye patch and a parrot on his shoulder.
What does the location of their cabins have to do with their survival compared to the senior crew?
The other Estonian crew/staff listed as survivors initially, apart from Piht, included the IVth Officer navigator, the Chief Engineer, the Chief Doctor plus the bar manager and a couple of cruise entertainers. So why wouldn't they have also escaped, given they would know better than anyone how to handle a life raft and put on a life vest, plus like the Deck 0 crew, would have had their immersion costumes handy, plus hand held devices powerful enough to communicate. Official number of survivors: 137, of which, number of Crew: 51. The Estonians were sent a fax listing the officers and show entertainers as survivors. These officers were billeted nearby the Voronins.
You might just as well ask me the source of where I first heard of the 'Peace in our time' speech by Chamberlain (although it was probably Mr. Major the history teacher).
Because the wreck shifted in the meantime to reveal the hole.
Because it wasn't visible when the early investigators did their work. It was underneath the ship where they either couldn't or didn't want to send divers. Why wouldn't they want to send divers into tight spaces under a sunken ship? Because wrecks are known to shift.
When ships hit rocks, the rocks tend to tear holes in the hull.
Irrelevant.
I am not at all confused. What you are doing is simply providing 'alternative explanations'. Anyone can do that.
