Everett’s new Maritime Institute graduates first class

The institute hopes to help alleviate the massive shortage of maritime workers.

EVERETT, Wash. — Antonio Williams-Strong showed off his knot tying skills along the Everett waterfront on Friday.

The square knots, slip knots and  hitch knot were samong the many things he learned in the first graduating class from Everett’s new Maritime Institute

“We learned about things like engine familiarization, and I’m not too much of a mechanical dude. I can fix sandwiches,” chuckled Antonio.

Antonio got laid off from his job at Boeing during the pandemic. Since then he’s been working 16-hour shifts for DoorDash to feed his family of

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