In more than three hours of testimony at a hearing of the National Transportation Safety Board, third mate Gregory T. Cousins provided the first public account by an eyewitness to mishaps leading ...

Reports have said that the captain of the Valdez, Joseph Hazelwood of Huntington, N.Y., had left the bridge shortly before the crash, leaving the third mate, Gregory Cousins of Tampa, Fla., in ...

FILE - Former Exxon Valdez Capt. Joseph Hazelwood is surrounded by reporters as he leaves his re-licensing hearing in Long Beach, Calif., on July 25, 1990.