Parents of sailor who died by suicide on USS George Washington blast Navy's 'ridiculous' response
The parents of a sailor who died by suicide while on board the
USS George Washington - one of the seven crew members who have died in the past year, including four by suicide - on Wednesday blasted the
Navy's response to the crisis as
"ridiculous."
John Sandor and Mary Graft, the parents of
Master at Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Hunter Mitchell Sandor, that their son did not provide much detail about the conditions on the carrier but said the experience was
"awful."
"People shouldn't have to live like this," John Sandor said his son told him, adding that
Xavier would call them from his car and that there was a lack of hot water with which to take a shower.
Since Monday, more than
200 sailors have been moved from the carrier to a nearby
Navy facility after multiple deaths by suicide among the crew, including three in less than one week in April, the
Navy said.
