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一 |     LOS ANGELES -- By the time the scuba dive boat sank off the Southern California coast after catching fire, 34 people had been killed in the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.The Labor Day tragedy in 2019 spurred changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and civil lawsuits. Now four years later, a federal trial for the Conception's captain, Jerry Boylan, is set to begin Tuesday with jury selection in Los Angeles.It's been a long, frustrating wait for the families of those who perished. They say a judge's ruling that their loved ones should not be called “victims” at trial has only added to their pain. “The past four years have been like living in a nightmare that you don’t wake up from,” said Kathleen McIlvain, whose 44-year-old son Charles was killed. The 75-foot (23-meter) boat was anchored off the Channel Islands, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Santa Barbara, on Sept. 2, 2019, when it caught fire before dawn on the last day of a three-day excursion, sinking less than 100 feet (30 meters) from shore. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed Boylan for the tragedy, saying his failure to post a roving night watchman allowed the fire to quickly spread undetected, trapping the 33 passengers and one crew member below. Those on board included a new deckhand who’d landed her dream job and an environmental scientist who did research in Antarctica, along with a globe-trotting couple, a Singaporean data scientist, three sisters, their father and his wife. U.S. District Judge George Wu on Oct. 12 granted Boylan's request to bar most if not all references to “victims” — which the captain's attorneys say is a prejudicial term that jeopardizes his right to a fair trial. It's the latest setback for the prosecution.A grand jury in 2020 initially indicted Boylan on 34 counts of a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as “seaman’s manslaughter” that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters. Each count carries up to 10 years in prison in a conviction, for a total of 340 years.Defense lawyers sought to dismiss those charges, arguing the deaths were the result of a single incident and not separate crimes. Prosecutors got a superseding indictment charging Boylan with only one count.Then in 2022, Wu ruled the superseding indictment failed to specify that Boylan acted with gross negligence, saying that was a required element to prove the crime of seaman’s manslaughter. He dismissed that indictment, forcing prosecutors to go before a grand jury again.Boylan is now charged with one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer. The single count means he faces only 10 years behind bars if convicted.He has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. His federal public defenders did not return The Associated Press' repeated requests for comment, and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment.Some of the dead were wearing shoes, prompting investigators to believe they were awake and trying to escape. Both exits from the below-deck bunkroom were blocked by flames. Coroner’s reports list smoke inhalation as the cause of death, though official autopsies were never conducted.What exactly started the predawn fire remains unknown. Early official scrutiny appeared to focus on a spot where divers plugged in phones and other electronics. But a Los Angeles Times story, citing a confidential report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the blaze began in a plastic trash can on the main deck though an official cause remains undetermined. Boylan and four crew members sleeping in the upper deck told investigators they tried to save the others but were ultimately forced to jump overboard to survive. Boylan made a mayday call at 3:14 a.m. just before abandoning ship.Dozens of family members have since formed “Advocacy34” to push for strengthened boating regulations. While seeking answers, they’ve comforted each other during loved ones’ missed birthdays and mourned each anniversary.“We have no idea when we’ll get those answers, or if we ever will,” McIlvain said.At the time of the fire, no owner, operator or charterer had been cited or fined for failure to post a roving patrol since 1991, Coast Guard records showed.The NTSB faulted the Coast Guard for not enforcing that requirement and recommended it develop a program to ensure boats with overnight passengers actually have the watchman.The Coast Guard has since enacted new regulations regarding fire detection systems, extinguishers, escape routes and other safety measures as mandated by Congress. But it has yet to implement a comprehensive safety management system after industry advocates pushed back, citing costs.Victims' families have sued the Coast Guard in one of several ongoing civil suits.Three days after the inferno, Truth Aquatics Inc., which belongs to the Conception’s owners, Glen and Dana Fritzler, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under a pre-Civil War provision of maritime law that allows it to limit its liability to the remains of the boat, which was a total loss. The time-tested legal maneuver has been successfully employed by the owners of the Titanic and other vessels, and requires the Fritzlers show they were not at fault.The couple's attorneys did not respond to requests for comment.In response to the families' outcry, federal lawmakers last year updated the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 so owners can be held liable for damages regardless of the boat’s value afterward. The law is not retroactive, however, and will not apply in the case of the Conception.。    AI摘要      岛内四个亲绿小党及国民党批评赖清德社宅承诺跳票，8年目标从13万户砍至3万户。各方质疑当局有钱普发现金却不愿投入建房，要求公开土地清单并道歉。         中国台湾网8月18日讯 由岛内4个亲绿小党组成的所谓“台湾前进阵线”今天（18日）召开记者会，4名“双北（台北、新北）”议员参选人齐轰赖当局社会住宅政策跳票，质疑赖当局有钱普发现金1万元（新台币，下同），却不愿持续投入兴建社会住宅，让民进党所标榜的“居住正义”沦为空头支票。         图注：“小绿”人士轰赖清德社宅目标大跳票，居住政策全崩坏。    综合台媒报道，“台湾前进阵线”由“时代力量”“台湾基进”“台湾绿党”等绿营侧翼小党组成，18日在台立法机构前召开记者会，将矛头对准赖当局新版“百万户租屋家庭支持计划”，要求台内务主管部门公开社宅土地清单及具体兴建目标。众人高喊“没钱盖社宅、有钱发一万”等口号表达不满。    “时代力量”议员参选人表示，赖清德选前承诺新增13万户社宅，结果台行政机构今年7月的“新版计划”却变成，赖当局8年仅新增3万户，2028年后每年甚至只剩1000户。    该人士批评，面对跳票质疑，台内务部门负责人刘世芳先称“台湾空屋太多”，之后又改口“13万户目标从未改变”，台内务部门“土地管理署”则称社宅缺口将通过都市更新分回房屋、以容积奖励争取开发商配建房源补齐，“一个星期出现三个版本”。赖当局普发一万元可以快速编列预算，面对青年最关心的居住问题却不愿投入资源，房子不盖，相关制度不修订，只剩发钱，“可是发钱变不出房子”。    与会“小绿”人士要求赖当局说清楚13万户社宅承诺究竟如何落实，不能一面大手笔发现金，一面对青年最迫切的居住问题缩手。    此前，针对赖清德选前承诺跳票，13万户社宅直接变成3万户，中国国民党文传会主委陈以信提出质问，剩下的10万户社宅在哪里？为何赖清德“执政”四年就凭空消失10万户社宅？这究竟是“执政”无能，说得到做不到，还是当年根本就是漫天喊价和胡乱骗票？国民党要求赖清德为政策“发夹弯”向岛内民众、青年道歉。

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