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Teen survives for days clinging to capsized boat off Alaska

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Person clinging to an overturned boat in rough ocean waves

A 15-year-old boy survived on top of an overturned skiff in Alaska’s frigid Bering Sea for roughly two days, losing his older brother and then his cousin to the ocean after the boat capsized while they were out fishing. The teen, identified by a relative as Derek Parker Aghnaanga, was finally hoisted to safety Monday by a fishing boat near St. Lawrence Island — a remote Alaskan island closer to Russia than it is to the United States.

The bodies of his cousin and brother were also recovered. The cousin had held onto the overturned boat for a while too, but did not survive until the rescue, the teen told one of the rescuers. The captain of the fishing boat that came to his aid said Aghnaanga clung to the skiff through darkness and water temperatures around 50 degrees (10 degrees Celsius). “That’s one tough kid,” Adam White, captain of The Northwest Explorer, told KTUU-TV in Anchorage. “Through the teeth chattering, he had mentioned that his brother was still under the skiff,” White said. “And then he said that, in the previous night, before our rescue, that his cousin had slipped away.”

U.S. Coast Guard planes and helicopters began searching for the skiff Monday morning after family members reported the three missing the night before. The group left the village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island on Friday and planned to return early Sunday, the Coast Guard said.

Source: Teen survives for days clinging to capsized boat off Alaska | AP News

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Seaplane crashes, catches fire in Puget Sound area north of Seattle; all 11 on board survive

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A seaplane with 11 people on board crashed and caught fire a short time later in the Puget Sound area north of Seattle Thursday evening. All 11 survived, authorities said. Kenmore Air said in a statement that one of its planes, a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter carrying 10 passengers and a pilot from Seattle to Roche Harbor in the San Juan Islands “was involved in an accident” at about 5:15 p.m. local time in Shallow Bay, near Sucia Island and “everyone aboard has been accounted for.”

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said everyone on the plane “was rescued from the water” and that “there are multiple patients with injuries ranging from head injuries to broken bones and lacerations, with 1 patient in critical condition and no reports of fatalities at this time.” The office said there were three airlift ambulances at the scene. Kenmore said first responders included the Coast Guard and local emergency personnel. Video taken by onlooker Monica Scott showed the plane wobbling as it flew only a few feet over the water, then crashing and bursting into flames. Kenmore Air plane on fire after crashing in the Puget Sound area north of Seattle on July 23, 2026. Monica Scott The Coast Guard provided video of the burning aircraft.

A Kenmore Air seaplane up in flames after crashing  in the Puget Sound area north of Seattle on July 23, 2026. U.S. Coast Guard / CBS News There was no early word on what might have gone wrong with the plane. Kenmore said, “Out of respect for those involved, we will not speculate regarding the cause of the accident.” Its CEO, David Gudgel, said the carrier is “fully cooperating with the investigating authorities, and we will continue providing verified information as it becomes available.” Kenmore says it’s “the largest seaplane airline in the United States” with flights throughout the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia in addition to a “wheeled aircraft operation, Kenmore Air Express.” Shallow Bay is at the northwestern tip of Sucia Island State Park in Washington state’s San Juan Islands, north of Seattle and near the Canadian border.

Source: Seaplane crashes, catches fire in Puget Sound area north of Seattle; all 11 on board survive – CBS News

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Fisherman treads water for hours, miles off Cape Cod before rescue: “We were there for a reason”

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A fisherman who treaded water for hours several miles off the coast of Cape Cod was rescued after he was spotted by another fishing crew. The three-man crew aboard the fishing boat Seel Jr. had been in the home stretch of a nine-day trip Saturday when they changed course to lend a hand.  “A distress call came over the radio about 12:15 more or less from the Western Edge stating to the Coast Guard that he was missing a crewmember,” Joao DaSilva recalled.  Coincidentally, the captain of Western Edge used to own the Seel crew’s boat. They traveled in that direction for about an hour. Then suddenly, about eight miles off of Truro, they could hear cries for help.  

“As I’m going up the ladder Phil’s like ‘it’s either a seal or somebody’s head. I see something bobbing in front of the boat about 200 feet.’ I turned forward and there’s the lime green shirt and this dude waving his hand and he’s bobbing in the water. I’m like ‘that’s him! He’s right there! He’s alive!’ We just started crying,” DaSilva said.  Just a few months ago, the Seel crew spotted an orca off of P-Town. The rare sight is believed to be a good omen. It’s been a tragic year for the fishing community, making this outcome especially meaningful.  “It’s been a horrific year. It started with Lily Jean up in Gloucester, which was seven lives that were lost to the ocean. Tommy Williams – big part of the waterfront down in Connecticut. We had the Yankee Rose that went down off of P-Town which was out of New Bedford; two guys got lost there. It’s nice to pull somebody out of the water alive,” he said.  The man they rescued Saturday had been treading water for two and a half hours without a life jacket. The Seel crew tossed him a life ring and other floatation devices, and alerted the Coast Guard who arrived with a rescue swimmer to pull him to safety.  The man was treated for hypothermia. DaSilva said he’s already seen him back at the dock. “Saturday was just special,” DaSilva said. “We were there for a reason you know what I mean? And it wasn’t to catch fish on that last tow.”

Source: Fisherman treads water for hours, miles off Cape Cod before rescue: “We were there for a reason” – CBS Boston

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