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Relatives grow resigned over fate of missing Poet crew
The Warren family, including LeRoy Warren Jr of Bel Air, Md., accepts the captain’s absence a year after the Poet disappeared off Cape Henlopen on Oct. 24 1980. The navy veteran captain LeRoy A. Warren Sr. had long sailed as a merchant marine. National Transportation Safety Board blamed the ship’s seaworthiness and Coast Guard delays. lawsuits seek over $20 million from Hawaiian Eugenia Corp. for 34 missing crewmen.
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LeRoy A. Warren Sr
LeRoy Jr
Bel Air
Warren
Baltimore
Cape Henlopen
Del
Egypt
Poet
National Transportation Safety Board
Atlantic
Delaware
Coast Guard
Hawaiian Eugenia Corp
New York
H.J. Bonabel
U.S. District Court
Philadelphia
Frank £. Holland
Walter M. Mitchell
Leroy Warren Jr