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    'We're gonna die': Final words, closing arguments in Conception boat fire trial

    by Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times Nov 04, 2023 3 minutes
    Defendant Jerry Boylan, right, captain of the Conception dive boat, arrives at federal court on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — When their bodies were found, 56 feet below the water, some of the victims of the Conception dive boat fire were in mismatched shoes, thrown on in the dark as flames raced toward them. One person died clutching a phone, another a flashlight. Some died huddled together. Two were interlocked so tightly they had to be pried apart.

    They died because their captain failed them, prosecutors told a jury Friday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, arguing that Jerry Boylan was guilty of manslaughter if his negligence caused even one of the

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