Background information: A year after the sinking, the ship’s captain published his personal account of the event.Why is this account a reliable source about the sinking of the Maine?

The captain was aboard the Maine and had direct knowledge of the ship and the events surrounding its sinking. That firsthand perspective makes his personal account a reliable source, even though he published it a year later. Choice A, “It was written by the ship’s captain,” gives the reason.

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