The report blamed the disaster largely on poor safety procedures, poor rocket launcher design and obsolete weapons. Many bombs on the carrier were from World War II, some in crates labeled 1935, and were more susceptible to being “cooked off” and exploding in the fire. He said that he helped push bomb carts overboard to prevent them from exploding.
McCain’s memoir and sworn testimony less than two weeks after the disaster also dispute Garrison’s assertion that McCain did nothing to help during the fire. Freeman, author of the book “ Sailors to the End” about the USS Forrestal fire, said that it is possible that the rocket hit either or both planes. McCain said in his 1999 memoir “ Faith of My Fathers” that it was his plane that was hit by the Zuni rocket, though the official investigation said that it hit the plane next to him. Fuel poured out of the plane, caught fire, and the flames engulfed other planes and caused bombs to explode. The rocket hit a plane on the other side of the flight deck, ruptured its fuel tank and ignited the fire. Navy’s official investigation of the incident contradict Garrison’s account of how the fire started.Īn electrical malfunction caused a Zuni rocket to fire from one of the planes on board, the investigation found. The fire raged for more than 24 hours, claiming the lives of 134 sailors and airmen and injuring 161 more.įindings from the U.S. McCain, then a lieutenant commander, was assigned to the carrier and flew an A-4E Skyhawk jet. The post was shared over 1,000 times on Facebook and spread by commenters on blogs and on Twitter.įorrestal was an aircraft carrier stationed off the coast of Vietnam that experienced a catastrophic fire on July 29, 1967. McCain did nothing to help during the fire.” “The huge flame created touched off a bomb on the plane behind him which led to more bombs going off from other parked planes, which then led to the deaths of 134 sailors. “On July 29, 1967, the spoiled brat McCain pulled a prank and wet-started his jet while aboard the USS Forrestal,” it said.
"May I remind you my husband has a family," she tweeted to the White House aide.The post, “Ten Reasons Not to Mourn John McCain,” appeared on Garrison’s website alongside a political cartoon about McCain after he died Saturday. The senator's wife, Cindy McCain, snapped back at Sadler on Twitter Thursday. Last year, the 81-year-old announced that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer and he has been in and out of treatment, spending the bulk of his time at his ranch in Arizona.
"I appreciate the thoughtfulness with which he has approached this nomination process," the CIA's deputy director said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. When asked about Sadler's remarks about McCain, Haspel stated she has "the utmost respect" for the senator. " refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying." "As I have argued many times, the methods we employ to keep our nation safe must be as right and just as the values we aspire to live up to and promote in the world," McCain said in a statement. The Arizona Republican called her role "in overseeing the use of torture" disturbing. McCain, who was tortured as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, recently implored his colleagues to reject Haspel. On Wednesday, McCain joined a chorus of other senators who are opposing Gina Haspel's pending nomination to lead the CIA over her involvement in harsh interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, and the destruction of evidence after 9/11.
"He and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time," it said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. The White House didn't deny Sadler made the comments, but said it respected McCain and his service "to our nation." The joke fell flat, a White House official told CNN. Kelly Sadler, a Trump aide in charge of surrogate communications, made the comment during a closed-door White House meeting in front of about two-dozen staffers Thursday morning, the Hill reported. John McCain's opposition to President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director by mocking his brain cancer diagnosis, saying, "it doesn't matter, he's dying anyway," multiple outlets reported Thursday.
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