The boat involved is the Wind Walker, the Coast Guard says.
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So sad!
The Seattle Times has posted a picture of the Wind Walker:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/us-coast-guard-is-searching-for-5-people-after-a-fishing-boat-reportedly-capsized-in-seas-off-alaska/
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the missing people:
https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3982215/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-multiple-people-near-couverden-point-alaska/
The U.S. Coast Guard has released the names of the missing people:
Travis Kapp
Jacob Hannah
Alex Ireland
Emilio Celaya-Talamanter
Michael Brown
A Coast Guard spokeswoman advises the names are "pending verification internally and with the Alaska State Troopers for accuracy."
Kapp, of Sitka, is the owner of the F/V Wind Walker, the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission database shows.
Corrected spelling, per the Coast Guard:
Emilio Celaya-Talamantez
The Anchorage Daily News reports the Wind Walker was heading back out to continue halibut and black cod fishing, with poor weather forecast in the area.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2024/12/03/headed-back-out-5-men-lost-in-fishing-boat-sinking-near-hoonah-ran-into-gale-force-winds/
The Coast Guard, in a report to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, reports the following:
10/19/2024
WIND WALKER
A crewmember experienced a medical issue, and the vessel
requested a MEDEVAC. The vessel arrived in port prior to a Coast Guard response.
https://meetings.npfmc.org/CommentReview/DownloadFile?p=3015fc94-15ac-408a-a3b8-301d518dbb7c.pdf&fileName=B6%20USCG%20Report.pdf
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