Seven-year-old Galliehue Blevins did not understand at the time the significance of a conversation between his neighbour and his mother.
“He had mentioned to my mom, ‘Hey, is Tommy still out on the rig? There’s a huge storm coming.'”
That storm did come, and it unleashed winds raging at 190 kilometres an hour and waves topping 65 metres. It took the lives of 84 men, including Thomas Blevins, 35, on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
One of those monster waves lashed the Ocean Ranger, knocking out a porthole window and allowing water to infiltrate the ballast control room. That caused the rig to
