Today is the Carl-Gustaf von Konow and Reine Nygren, who at that time worked repositioning cruises

Today is the Carl-Gustaf von Konow and Reine Nygren, who at that time worked repositioning cruises for the Coast Guard. They tell us what they remember from the accident with the Scandinavian Star in 1990. First up is the Carl-Gustaf von Konow telling you what he remembers from the disaster.
I worked in the Coast Guard but was at home and was based on our "new" house Flaggberget in Lysekil. Heard about the accident on the radio and was obviously on the ball immediately when I worked as rescue divers (water, firefighters) in the Coast Guard Western Region.
-After Telephone contact with the lead in Göteborg, I received information that "the situation seems to be under control," so that I and Jan-Bertil Silje Vall (also rescue divers) was assigned to the camera, our scuba gear and take us on board to get the experiences, lessons and photograph / document what happened and have water divers on site if needed. Coast Guard boat in Grebbestad picked us up in the morning in Lysekil, repositioning cruises north of the port and drove us out to the position west of Väderöarna.
Got some new information of the crew including that it had full control of the situation repositioning cruises on board as we thought. On site was then also Kbv044 from Kungshamn and rescue cruisers and a tug. On board the Scandinavian Star was among a colleague from Lysekil Stig Larsson, who was the one who handled the communications and connection with the land (MRCC). repositioning cruises He was one of the first from Sweden who came on board early.
After the attempted ascertain how it was organized on board and have consulted our management in Gothenburg and talked to Gothenburg emergency services who were on board, we came to the conclusion that we would try to support the rescue of what was needed urgently. Air bottles for the smoke diving drink mm. We took on board our own air bottles and helped repositioning cruises to produce more air that came from, inter alia, a Danish ship. Made sure that the smoke divers who did a fantastic job, had to drink and eat. We downloaded the air bottles celebrated down the hill from one of the defense helicopters.
I gave a short interrogation / conversation with Captain Larsen repositioning cruises on the circumstances repositioning cruises and whether he had the passenger list and, above all, what was in the cargo onboard. Was there any dangerous goods, etc. anything that could make our stay on board more risky. There was a truck that had loads that were not directly dangerous goods but which could maintain or strengthen a fire with faxes Ink plastic, etc. The car deck where it stood was not directly affected the fire then.
- From the captain, I learned that one from the ship side made a BA operation (the 1st mate) otherwise could not do. He was convinced that the passenger list was available in the reception area where you could not come due. fire. He showed me the ship where they would be but it was dangerous environment to continue.
Following a dialogue with the incident command that it should be able to be able to get hold of the lists, I showed them the way into the ship as far as we could, then went smoke divers and took all the documents that were in the reception repositioning cruises area (in a blanket).
We took everything up to the bridge (radio room) where the captain helped us to identify those on the outside repositioning cruises completely black documents and noted that two passenger lists were there, although it would have remained ashore.
When we later came to berth in Lysekil, I got the captain's helmet as 1st officer made his BA operation with, for transporting the documents in, and went up to Stig Nilson at the municipal building. Reportedly led the operation from there. Stig sent me to the police station where a Norwegian police in cooperation with Swedish, took care of the documents. So I came into possession of the helmet.
The police wanted additional documents about the ship and I went back on board to retrieve ships documents, repositioning cruises was stopped in a small controversy by emergency services at the ropes on the issue of responsibility, repositioning cruises but then got on board when the police came to the place where I guided them on board to the documents.
-On The evening we who have been on board food and got to meet a crisis team at the hotel where we were told that we would get the opportunity to meet other support staff if we needed it. It was then that crisis management was established as part of the follow-up of major accidents and traumas. In the evening / night when I got home the family was asleep, and the first thing I did was to check the children that they were OK. They had seen so much scary that they seemed natural to secure their environment.
-The Day after I go to the hospital and was given a course of antibiotics as a preventive measure, then I coughed some during the night. Later we came colleagues to get together on a number of occasions to "process" the event on board, which felt very good.
-Several Very good things came out of this very tragic event that extinguished many lives. As mentioned, the crisis has become a natural part of accidents and traumatic events. Sweden created RITS Forces (Rescue naval operation), today called the MIRG (Maritime Incident Response Group). The regulations for secur