A 15-year-old boy, Derek Parker Aghnaanga, is rescued after spending about two days clinging to the top of an overturned fishing boat in Alaska’s Bering Sea. The boy is found by a US Coast Guard helicopter and is later pulled to safety by a nearby fishing vessel.
Multiple outlets report that the fishing boat capsizes while the family fishes for halibut, after leaving their home community of Savoonga on St Lawrence Island. The boy’s older brother, Sidney Kulowiy, dies in the incident, and a cousin also dies after going missing during the night while the survivors wait for rescue. The Independent and Daily Mail add family account details, including that the boy tells rescuers his brother is still under the boat and that he holds on to the bodies as conditions remain freezing and he has no food or water.
Other reports focus more generally on the rescue timeline and the boy’s survival while exposed to frigid water. Several outlets cite comments from the captain of the Northwest Explorer, who describes the teenager as unusually resilient during the ordeal.
