You could always email Dave DeBarger and ask him. <hint>
I think some strong statements have made in the article such as :

"Water gushed in as they put on life vests and grabbed flashlights.
Which is what everyone on Wave Dancer should have been doing.
Instead, Dave DeBarger and Rick Patterson were heading to their cabins
when they encountered Captain Martin carrying a roll of duct tape.
Windows of the Aggressor were blowing out, he told them--let's tape
ours."

Everyone who was reading this NG at the time of the deaths of these
divers knows my position on this incident. I'm not surprised by the
'tone' of this report but one statement that I find surprising in this
report is this :

"Hughes and his lawyers maintain that the accident was caused by the
Aggressor, which struck Wave Dancer in the chaos of the storm, causing
it to break free.  Hughes has a videotape, shot that night, that he
says confirms his version of events. However, he refused to make a
copy available to Adventure, saying it could only be viewed in his
presence or that of his lawyers."

Hughes blames the Aggressor ship ???!!!   Incredible.

Regretfully, there is one statement from this article that I have said
all along.  Maybe we can learn by it :

"But whatever the precise cause of the sinking, the fact remains that
if the passengers had not been on the boat, they all would be alive
today."

First off, it didn't happen in US waters. The ship didn't have to hold
to US standards... or to Canadian standards for that matter from what
I've read.  Now, read the account just posted. An insurance group
settled the claim. And, if you recall the story from the beginning,
the Captain resigned a day or two after he helped to kill all of those
ppl. For all we know, he could have a suit pending against Hughes Corp
for directing him to do whatever he did...ie he could be suing his
employer, Hughes Corp.  Or.... he could be experiencing a winfall at
the track/casino/stocks for his testimony.  One never knows.