Horror on Alaska fishing boat as young crewmember is swept up by net and plunged into ocean

A 21-year-old fisherman died aft his cogwheel dragged him into nan h2o successful Southwest Alaska, officials said.

Commercial sportfishing crewmember Corwin Wheeler fell from nan vessel successful Kvichak Bay Friday, while sportfishing salmon.

A mayday telephone reported him overboard astatine 12:31 pm, spurring a rescue operation.

The bay has immoderate of nan highest tides successful nan world, and nan cognition was yet unsuccessful. 

Officials said Wheeler first became tangled successful his sportfishing gear, earlier being pulled overboard and into nan water. Tributes person since poured successful for nan young angler, headed by his father.

'On 07/05/2024 astatine astir 1231 hours, DPS Patrol Vessel Stimson received a MAYDAY telephone from a commercialized salmon fisherman successful Kvichak Bay stating he mislaid a crewman complete nan broadside of his vessel,' nan Alaska Department of Public Safety said successful a statement.

'AWT [Alaska Wildlife Troops] responded to nan area pinch 2 patrol skiffs and arrived conscionable arsenic nan reporting alloy had located and retrieved their unconscious crewmember retired of nan water. 

'AWT performed lifesaving measures for astir 1 hr anterior to pronouncing nan crewman deceased. 

'Investigation revealed [he] had go entangled successful sportfishing cogwheel and was pulled overboard and underwater. 

'Next of kin has been notified.'

The boy's begetter posted to Facebook a time later, revealing really Corwin had been an only child.

'I loved him much than thing other successful nan world,' Jeff Rowe, of Illinois, wrote Saturday. 

'I believe he knows that, and I dream he has recovered peace. More info will beryllium posted erstwhile it's available.'

According to his societal media, Corwin lived successful Madison, and was calved successful Salem.

Photos show him happily moving nan Bering Sea, arsenic a salmon fishermen for Alaskan Leader Fisheries.

The company is 1 of nan largest sportfishing companies successful Alaska, and ain 4 ace long-liners that run year-round, according to its website.

It measure itself arsenic 1 of 'the astir progressive, innovative and vertically integrated “Hook & Line“ sportfishing compan[ies] successful Alaska,' meaning fisherman food by intends of a bid of baited hooks.

Corwin worked connected 1 of 3 sportfishing vessels, nan F/V Alaskan Leader, F/V Bristol Leader and nan F/V Bering Leader.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to nan institution for comment, arsenic investigators corroborate Corwin accidentally became entangled successful his gear.

A caller past told troopers nan deckhand went complete nan broadside of nan commercialized sportfishing alloy earlier being sucked underneath, upon which he inhaled a fatal magnitude of water.

The dangers of moving nan Bering Sea are good known - pinch trawlers by and ample coating it arsenic 1 of nan coldest and astir vulnerable seas crossed nan globe.

It is 1 of nan astir vulnerable places to food successful nan world. Decorated commercialized fisherman Corey Arnold has called nan oversea 'a continuous storm.'

The bay wherever Corwin has been moving was besides peculiarly good known for its inherent dangers. 

It tin beryllium recovered connected nan northeast broadside of Bristol Bay, adjacent King Salmon.

More specifically, it tin beryllium recovered connected nan precocious reaches of nan bay, which acquisition immoderate of nan highest tides successful nan world. 

In immoderate parts, tidal extremes successful excess of 30 feet person been measured, nan eighth highest successful nan world. 

Coupled pinch an outsized magnitude of shoals, unseen sandbars, and shallows, this makes navigation troublesome, particularly amid often beardown winds. 

It is besides nan shallowest portion of nan Bering Sea, making it 1 of nan astir vulnerable regions for ample vessels.