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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: A Maritime “Me Too” Moment

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In 2021, a blog post forced the US Coast Guard to confront a problem that had gone unchecked for years. A 19-year-old woman said she was raped while training to work on commercial ships. Then more sexual assault survivors in the industry came forward. In today’s episode, we hear why these women went public and what’s being done about it.   Read more here.  Guest: Blake Ellis & Melanie Hicken, CNN Investigates Senior Writers  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:11.9

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0:16.0

And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

0:21.0

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0:27.0

Do you ever think about just how big the ocean is or how many people make a living by traveling across it?

0:39.0

Commercial ships can travel for miles and miles without encountering another vessel.

0:45.0

And by all accounts, it can be a lonely experience. The only people you see for months at a time

0:50.9

are the people working alongside you.

0:53.0

And in many cases, they're likely to be men.

0:56.0

But what kind of safeguards are in place for the women who work on these ships?

1:01.0

My guess this week are CNN's Melanie Hicken and Blake Ellis.

1:08.0

They have the story of how the U.S. Coast Guard has allowed sexual assault at sea to go unchecked for years and what led one woman to say

1:16.8

enough is enough. From CNN this is one thing. I'm David Ryan.

1:23.4

Melanie, Blake, you are both senior writers on our investigative team.

1:31.6

So, Melanie, where does this particular investigation begin?

1:36.1

So this investigation began with a young woman named Topix,

1:40.0

and no, not the young woman named Topix you were thinking of.

1:44.0

Not the Trump one.

1:45.0

Not the one from the Trump administration.

1:47.5

This young woman was a student at the US Merchant Marine Academy,

1:50.6

which you probably haven't heard of.

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