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Newfoundland & Labrador > News > Local

Ocean Ranger tragedy remembered

Staff and students at Gonzaga High School gathered at St. Pius X church to remember the victims of the Ocean Ranger Tragedy.

SaltWire Network | Posted: Feb. 17, 2017, midnight | Updated: Oct. 4, 2017, 1:10 p.m. | 1 Min Read
Staff and students from Gonzaga gathered at St. Pius X church in St. John’s Friday to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the sinking of the Ocean Ranger. Kelsea Furlong reads the student reflection on the significance of the “Ocean Ranger in our lives 35 years later.”

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the sinking of the offshore oil rig, which went down on Feb. 15, 1982.

All of the 84 men who were on the rig at the time were killed.

At a St. Pius X church ceremony Friday to remember the Ocean Ranger, Gonzaga band member Megan Moret performs “Atlantic Blue” composed by the late Ron Hynes. She is accompanied on guitar by fellow student Jacob Hearty.
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