Correspondent in Washington
The commander of an American nuclear aircraft carrier grappling with the Covid-19 epidemic is poised to become a national hero in the United States. Released from his command after the publication of a letter in which he asked his hierarchy to disembark his crew infected by the virus, Captain Brett Crozier left his ship on the base of Guam, in the Pacific, to the applause sailors.
The commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt had sent last Monday to the staff of the US Navy an unusual letter in which he claimed to be able to put down almost all the 4800 crew members in order to stop the propagation aboard the coronavirus epidemic. "We are ready to take risks in combat, but which are not acceptable in peacetime," wrote Captain Crozier. “Keeping more than 4,000 men and women on board is an unnecessary risk. It requires a political decision, but it is the right thing to do.
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