Hate to say it, but it was pretty obvious alcohol would be involved. The cocaine thing surprised me a bit. Definitely a chain of bad decisions.
People with good hearts, who have people who care about them, and have a child on the way get drunk, do cocaine, then go out into the ocean at 3 am to blow off some steam because of a fight with their girlfriend? To top it off drive or allow their boat to be driven recklessly?
Okay IE.
Also, it doesn't sound like there was much fishing going on that night...
What makes me feel better? Please. Even if he wasn't driving, tell your dumb buddy to slow the hell down.
Pretty much, all you can say is what a fu*kin' idiot.
So dumb. So avoidable. You gotta hold him accountable. You'd have to be braindead to not expect any other kind of outcome from the circumstances.
Those people that didn't go and told him not to go had their friggin noggins screwed on straight, that's for sure.
I know I said in this thread that you usually let your friends make their own mistakes, but IMO if I'm thinking about real friends of mine, I would have refused to let him go. Considering the circumstances and what he had going for him and knowing his state of mind, and if I knew he was drunk or doing drugs, I don't think I'd let one of my best friends leave like that. I'd probably have to physically hold them back, pay for their Uber, whatever. But man, the ocean is nothing to dick around with. I can't believe there's not one person out of everyone he knew who said no and refused to let him leave.