[post_page_title]What the police say[/post_page_title]
According to the New York Post, the police are on the same side of the argument as Oliveira. A detective for the São Sebastião police department stated that his officers believed Sestini risked both his and his wife’s lives.

They think that by ignoring the severe weather warnings, he indirectly put himself and Bittencourt in danger. That danger cost Bittencourt her life, and if Sestini hadn’t been rescued by a passing sailor, he could have lost his own too.