It was a good day for a swim; it was only 35 yards from the shore; the water was only 15 feet deep. Plus, there were plenty of people around. So what went wrong? On a hot day in June 2000, in Oklahoma, a 17-year-old laborer was enjoying his second day working for a boat-building company. The crew were transported by barge to a vessel being built on a freshwater lake, where the barge was also being used as a workstation. In the afternoon the barge captain, who was also the crew supervisor, transported some of the crew back to shore to […]