'I can't sleep at night': Mother of man killed in ferry crash speaks out
WFLA News Channel 8
[{'start': '1.934', 'end': '5.805', 'text': "BY VERA AND VERA.   >> A HEARTBROKEN MOTHER IS   SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT AFTER   TOUCHING DOWN IN THE U.S. FOR   THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT HER SON   MALONE VICTIM KILLED SUNDAY IN   THE CLEAR WATER FERRY CRASH.   GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M   JOSH BENSON AND I'M PAOLA.   SARAH, THANKS FOR JOINING US   FOR NEWS CHANNEL. 8 ON THE CW,   TAMPA BAY.   >> THAT MOTHER IMMEDIATELY   HOPPED ON AN AIRPLANE ALL THE   WAY FROM PERU TO BURY HER SON.   TODAY SHE SHARED HER PLEA FOR   JUSTICE WITH NEWS CHANNEL IS   NICOLE ROGERS. SHE JOINS US   NOW LIVE IN TAMPA. NICOLE,   THIS FAMILY HAS JUST BEEN   HEARTBROKEN SINCE THEY   RECEIVED THE NEWS.   >> BUT JOSH THIS MOTHER SAYS   SHE IS JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR   THE IMMENSE SUPPORT THAT SHE   HAS RECEIVED FROM THE TAMPA   BAY AREA COMMUNITY. BUT SHE   SAYS IT WON'T BRING HER SON   BACK. SO TONIGHT SHE'S CALLING   FOR JUSTICE.   >> CARMEN TOOK 3 FLIGHTS TO   GET TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA FROM   PERU AFTER ONE OF THE MOST   DEVASTATING CALLS SHE'S EVER   RECEIVED, SAYING HER SON, JOSE   CASTRO, A PINELLAS COUNTY   FATHER OF 2 WAS KILLED ON THE   CLEARWATER FERRY SUNDAY TO   REALLY. IT HAS BEEN HORRIBLE   FOR ME. TERRIBLE. I CAN'T   SLEEP AT NIGHT. I STAY AWAKE,   CALLING FOR MY LITTLE THINKING   THAT SUDDENLY GOING SEE JONES   SAYS SHE'S THANKFUL FOR THE   IMMENSE COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN   SUCH A HEARTBREAKING   SITUATION. MISSION TO BEING   THAT I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL TO   EVERYONE, BUT NO ONE WILL   BRING MY SON CLOCK TO NO ONE   WILL BRING MY BACK TO   >> NOW SHE'S CALLING FOR   JUSTICE UP A HOST THE SET, ME   HOME.   >> I JUSTICE FOR MY LET THERE   BE JUSTICE. THERE MUST BE   JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY. SO MY   SON'S CANNOT GO UNPUNISHED. HE   IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS DIED.   >> EARLIER THIS WEEK WE SHOWED   YOU THIS LETTER FROM THE   ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE   OTHER BOAT OPERATOR JEFFREY   NIGHT. JAY KEVIN HAYES LET   SAYS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE   COLLISION NIGHT DIRECTED A   PASSENGER ON HIS OWN BOAT TO   CALL 9-1-1, THEN TIED HIS   VESSEL TO THE FERRY TO RENDER   AID. HE'S LIVE ALSO QUESTION   WHETHER THE FERRY WAS PROPERLY   LIT. CASTRO SISTER SANDY TODD   SAYS SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED TO   READ THAT LETTER. WHAT KEEP IS   HE KILL MY ROLE IN THAT   ACCIDENT.   >> WITH WHATEVER EVERY IN THE   NO LIE LIE. WHO KNOWS ANY   EXCUSES NOT WANT BRING. WANT   TO MY BROTHER BACK.   >> THE FAMILY HAS SET UP A   GOFUNDME TO HELP WITH FUNERAL"}]