Ship sinks in Gulf of Alaska Listen May Day call from Northern Belle.

May Day call from Northern Belle.
KODIAK, Alaska -- The Coast Guard carried out a dramatic rescue of three crew members on a Seattle-based fishing boat as it sank in the Gulf of Alaska, but was unable to save a crewman who was dead by the time officers arrived.
The three who survived suffered hypothermia but were in stable condition early Wednesday because they wore protective gear, said Dr. Phil Hess at Cordova Community Medical Center in Cordova, Alaska.

The crewman who died suffered a head trauma while exiting the boat, but it's not clear if he died from the injury or hypothermia, said Hess.

The crew of the 75-foot Northern Belle sent a mayday radio call at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday that the boat was sinking about 50 miles south of Montague Island, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley. That is near the mouth of Prince William Sound.




Listen to the mayday call


"We are going down!" one of the male crew members can be heard yelling to a Coast Guard dispatcher, according to an audio recording of the distress call.

A Coast Guard plane dropped a life raft to the crew members before a helicopter arrived and pulled them from the water.

Hess declined to give details of the injured because family members had not been notified but said the deceased was a man. The survivors were doing OK.

"It's cold. They were wearing survival suits, which gave the other three the chance they had and they're doing well," he said.

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[cats400]

The coordinates are 0.59.10 N 146.47 W

[timboz1986]

A brave, brave man.

[TeamLLamaTV]

The silence at the end says it all

[wcresponder]

people like IRISHWILDCHILDS really need to learn how to do the rescue job, stop bitching till you've done the job.

[insidelinekrew]

Why does he say (Break Break)?

[picnic011]

PS_ the boats ususally dont go down that quick.. it happened VERY VERY fast... luck to get the call out and the rest of the crew was not sure it had.. we were dealing with the raft (which we lost) ... Rob died quickly after this and we could not ask if Coast guard was called... we sat out there wondering IF they were coming...

[picnic011]

THANK YOU strangers.... I was one of the crew on the Northern Belle...(the GIRL GREEN HORN) IT was 1.5 years ago and tonight I finally am able to watch this... Thank you for the kind words to Captain Rob etc. The coast guard was a site for sore eyes- at the time we were not sure that they had been alerted and we had lost the life raft ect. nearest boat was 18 hours behind us and there was a storm coming up- thanks for careing- Nicole Esau Crew

[sangurucuari]

@Irishwildchilds thumps up for ur comment

[Irishwildchilds]

When shit hits the fan The coast guard gets to proper with radio transmissions, you can hear the fear in this guys voice, Just send a fuckin boat and stop asking so many questions

[aazpf1]

@cats400: there is no zero before the 59 degrees

[cw375]

you people that talk about all this equipment that will save your life, have NO idea how big and remote the ocean is let alone Alaska!