Pascal Thevenin and his crew pulled father-of-four Philippe Lesaulnier onto their vessel after joining a desperate 30-minute search and rescue operation.
But despite battling for minutes to save him, the 42-year-old was pronounced dead just a short time later.
THE French prosecutor leading the investigation into the fatal Condor Ferries crash arrived in Jersey yesterday as the inquiry into the tragedy formally began.
• See Wednesday’s JEP for the full reports
