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AK24065413

Location: King Salmon
Type: Search and Rescue/Drowning

Dispatch Text:

On 07/05/2024 at approximately 1231 hours, DPS Patrol Vessel Stimson received a MAYDAY call from a commercial salmon fisherman in Kvichak Bay stating he lost a crewman over the side of his vessel. AWT responded to the area with two patrol skiffs and arrived just as the reporting vessel had located and retrieved their unconscious crewmember out of the water. AWT performed lifesaving measures for approximately one hour prior to pronouncing the crewman deceased. Investigation revealed crewman Corwin Wheeler, age 21 of Wisconsin, had become entangled in fishing gear and was pulled overboard and underwater. Next of kin has been notified.

Posted on 7/6/2024 11:27:25 AM by SOA\jrreid

Posting Section: AK Wildlife Troopers