A 15-year-old boy is rescued after being found alive on an overturned 18-foot fishing boat off Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard reports he is discovered about four miles east of St. Lawrence Island and is clinging to the vessel.
The Coast Guard launches a search after the fishing boat fails to return. NBC and Times of India both report that two other boaters die after the capsizing, and that the teenager survives for several days at sea. NBC specifies that the dead were the boy’s older brother and cousin, while Times of India identifies them more generally as two missing boaters later found dead in the water.
After the discovery, the survivor is taken to Nome, where he receives care. The accounts agree on the location, the overturned small fishing boat, the multi-day survival, and that two other people are recovered dead. Differences are limited to details of the victims’ relationships and phrasing about the search and recovery.
