‘There wasn’t a big bang’

Abdelbaky Mohamed was the sole survivor of the Tit Bonhomme tragedy. These are edited highlights from his testimony:

He said on the Friday the Tit Bonhomme left Union Hall he helped load food and ice. “We went out to a fishing area known as the 16 Ground and started to fish.”

The crew made five ‘shots’, or casting and hauling of nets, resulting in 42 full boxes of fish and some half-boxes.