3 Dead, Incluouple, 2 Remain Missing After Boat Found Partially Submerged in Alaska
Two sisters and their partners were on the 30-foot aluminum charter vessel, along with the boat’s captain, family members say
By Anna Lazarus Caplan Published on June 1, 2023 08:20PM EDT
Search suspended for 4 people missing after Alaskan charter boat sinks: Coast Guard
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Three people died, including a couple from Hawaii, and two others remain missing after their fishing boat sank in rough waters off Alaska on Sunday.
Two sisters, Danielle and Brandi , as well as their partners, Maury Ah aioli and Robert Solis, were on the charter vessel, which was last seen earlier that day near Sitka, according to the Associated Press. Also onboard was the boat’s captain, Morgan Robinson.
The group set off on a day trip Sunday on the 30-foot aluminum charter vessel, but by that evening, the Coast Guard was alerted by Kingfisher Charters when it had not returned, per Hawaii News Now.
The sisters’ parents and brother were also out on the water that day, but on a separate vessel, which returned safely to port, Solis’ brother told the AP.
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Authorities received a call shortly before 10:30 p.m. local time that a vessel with five people onboard had capsized near Low Island in Sitka Sound, Alaska State Troopers said in a statement. At the time, U.S. Coast Guard officials found “one person located unresponsive in the water” who was taken to a hospital and pronounced deceased. That individual was identified as Maury, 57, from Waipahu, Hawaii.
That evening, the boat was found partially submerged off Low Island, about 10 miles away from Sitka, per the Coast Guard.
The following night, Coast Guard officials called off the search for the remaining four individuals.
In an update on Wednesday, Alaska Troopers announced they had recovered two bodies, believed to be Danielle, 53, and her sister, Tyau, 56, of Canoga Park, California, from the sunken vessel. “The bodies are being transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Anchorage for examination and positive identification,” police said.
Solis, 61, and Robidou, 32, of Sitka, remain missing. Vessel recovery operations are ongoing.
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