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| 5 Dead, 2 Missing in Sinking Of Fishing Boat off Alaska |
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An e-mail sent by a doomed fishing boat to a nearby vessel said it was
taking on water in the rear, where the steering was housed, the Coast
Guard said Thursday as it searched for two crew members whose fates
remained unknown. It is still unclear what happened aboard the Katmai, which sank early Wednesday in the icy waters off Alaska's Aleutian Islands with a crew of 11 aboard. Four men survived in a life raft, and the bodies of five have been recovered. "What can you say?" said Jeff DeBell, chief financial officer of Katmai Fisheries, which owned the boat. "We are devastated by what has happened. We are elated there have been survivors. We are just terribly saddened by the ones that are dead and are praying that those that are still in the water are alive." ad_icon The crew members were able to get into survival suits, said members of another fishing vessel in the area that got the e-mail, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Levi Read. |