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Three survivors of the Fitzgerald collision echo a secret Navy report into the fatal 2017 disaster about the potentially lethal problem caused by dislodged lockers blocking escape routes. But it remains unclear what the Navy has done to fix it.
At the one-year anniversary of the establishment of a reform committee, a status update notes progress on several fronts but cautions that much work remains to be done.