Katie Kubicina, 15, comforts her grandmother,
Evelyn Hartwig of Cleveland, Ohio, as taps is played.
The Navy initially accused Clayton Hartwig, Evelyn's son,
of deliberately setting off the blast but later public
apologized when a civilian investigation cited a
combination of inexperience on the gun crew and
experimentation with the powder as possible causes.

April 19, 1999

Photo by Bill Tiernan, The Virginian-Pilot
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