Murphy relayed the information in quick phone calls to his wife and father in his home state of Massachusetts -- where his father, Joe Murphy, is a maritime instructor, and his son once lectured about dealing with hostage situations.

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Mr Haden, who devised the course with the assistance of a former army assault course instructor, told the court that over 20 years about 300, 000 people - half of them children - had used the course with no similar accident.

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The instructor, sometimes speaking in Spanish, encourages them to think about their futures.

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All under the watch of a driving instructor, who's showing you what you do and don't know about driving a car.

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