PART 16

The hearing before state investigators was held in a plain room with fluorescent lights and no view of the harbor.

Vincent arrived with counsel, sat beneath the same clock as everyone else, and answered questions under oath.

He described the company structure, the delayed maintenance funds, his reliance on Warren, and the decisions he personally approved.

When asked whether he had known of Thomas Bell’s urgent warning before the collapse, he said no.

When asked whether he had demanded the underlying safety file afterward, he also said no.