He wrote this account of the events that led up to the sinking of his boat so that his family and the families of his crewmembers would know exactly what happened. Joe trusted me and our platform GoodMorningGloucester to tell the story that had been locked away and never been told to anyone for ten years. It was six months after that fateful night ten years ago today when my cousin Joe Marcantonio sat down at his computer and wrote down exactly what happened the night his herring boat was run down by the oil tanker Virgo and his three crewmembers were lost to the sea. As you know we write 20 or so posts a day here at GMG but today there will be an unprecedented single post-this one. In honor and respect to the families who lost their loved ones ten years ago this will be the only post of the day. The Starbound sank 130 miles off Cape Ann August 5th, 2001
