WHAT BEGAN AS A ROUTINE
DEPLOYMENT TO SURVEY THE
WATERWAYS IN AND AROUND
NEW YORK HARBOUR TURNED
INTO A MISSION OF
CRITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR
THE CREW OF THE NOAA
VESSEL,
THOMAS JEFFERSON. THE
SHIP RETURNED TO NORFOLK
THIS
MORNING AND 10 ON YOUR
SIDE'S ART KOHN WAS ON
THE PIER WHEN THE
RESEARCH VESSEL ARRIVED.
AS THE NOAA SHIP, THOMAS
JEFFERSON APPROACHED HER
MOORING IN
NORFOLK, IT WAS A MUCH
DIFFERENT SCENE THAN HER
CREW WITNESSED IN
NEW YORK HARBOR AFTER
HURRICANE SANDY.
"IT WAS PRETTY ERIE THE
FIRST TIME WE DROVE IN.
SAW NEW YORK WITH ALL THE
LIGHTS OUT, SAW THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY WITHOUT
THE LIGHTS ON."
TIDAL FLOODING FROM THE
MASSIVE HURRICANE CARRIED
UNSAFE FOR SHIPPING
TRAFFIC TO ENTER THE
NATION'S SECOND LARGEST
PORT.
"...A COAST GUARD CAPTAIN
HAD REQUESTED OUR
ASSISTANCE IN OPENING THE
PORT."
"THE COAST GUARD WAS
THEY WEREN'T SURE WHERE
THEY
ENDED UP."
"THE THOMAS JEFFERSON
DIDN'T GET THE CALL TO
ACTION BECAUSE IT
WAS THE NEAREST VESSEL
THIS SHIP IS UNIQUELY
SUITED FOR THIS KIND OF
MISSION.
"THIS RIGHT HERE IS AN
IMAGE OF THE EAST
RIVER..."
THE SHIP USES SIDE-SCAN
AND MULTI-BEAM SONAR TO
NAVIGATION.
THE ADVANTAGE OF
SIDE-SCAN IS IT GETS HIGH
RESOLUTION IMAGERY AND IT
SEES A LONG WAY OUT IN
DISTANCES. THEN THE
MULTI BEAM ACTUALLY
GIVES US THE DEPTHS."
...FROM THIS WE CAN
ACTUALLY COMPUTE THAT
HEIGHT, BASED ON SIMILAR
TRIANGLES." THE
TECHNOLOGY PROVED TO BE
VERY EFFICIENT IN
LOCATING THE MISSING
CONTAINERS.
"...I BELIEVE WE FOUND
BETTER THAN HALF. IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF
TWELVE OR SO."
...FIRST THING THAT
HAPPENED WHEN WE GOT THAT
PORT BACK OPEN WAS
FUEL BARGES STARTED
MOVING THROUGH THE PORT
AGAIN."
"THAT WAS OUR FIRST BIG
TASK WAS GETTING THOSE
MAKING THIS HOMECOMING
EVEN SWEETER. IN NORFOLK
ART KOHN, 10 ON YOUR
SIDE.
