Annie Elise

The only difference being that Nathan had just grabbed all of the emergency equipment and Linda had absolutely nothing.

So once Nathan saw how much water the boat was taking in, he claimed that he quickly threw an emergency life raft that self-inflated overboard into the ocean, then grabbed whatever supplies were closest to him in the boat and climbed on top of this life raft.

He claimed that while he was doing all of those things, he was yelling for his mom Linda, telling her, hey, quickly, get in, get in, get in.

The only thing was that by the time he had a chance to look up, once he was inside the life raft, he realized that Linda was nowhere to be seen.

He didn't see her running across the boat headed toward the life raft.

He didn't see her head bobbing far out in the distance like she had already maybe fallen into the water.

He didn't even hear her calling for help.

And then his raft started floating away from the sinking boat.

And the next thing he knew, he was all alone.

Which honestly, it sounds like a very traumatic experience.

Yet at the same time, there were these seeds of doubt in the minds of the investigators.

And those seeds were things that were more than valid questions, in my opinion.

For example, inside the pilot house, there are plenty of things that Nathan could have used in an emergency situation.

There's a two-way radio, which could be used to call in a distress call to the Coast Guard or to 911, things like that.

There's also something called a radio beacon that is used for emergencies.

It basically creates a little ping of your last known location for search and rescue teams so that they have a better idea of where to look rather than wasting time in all the wrong places.

But for whatever reason, Nathan didn't do any of those things.

And nobody knows how they will react in high-stress situations, I will say that.

So it's possible that maybe he was so panicked and in fight or flight that he didn't even think to do those things.

But on the other hand, a lot of people would have automatically known to do those things, especially if they were experienced on the water, which, remember, they both were.