KTUU<\/a> of Anchorage identified them as the teen\u2019s older brother and cousin. <\/p>\nVideo obtained by KTUU showed the moment the teen was rescued. The boy, appearing to wear a black hoodie underneath a coat with green pants and black boots, is seen kneeling on the vessel.<\/p>\n
The brother died after getting stuck under the boat, the 15-year-old\u2019s mother told the news station. The cousin survived for a day but died, the woman said. <\/p>\n
The group was on an 18-foot fishing vessel near the island when it capsized. The Coast Guard said it was notified Sunday night of the overdue vessel. The boat had last been seen Friday departing Savoonga. <\/p>\n
Due to the weather and poor visibility Sunday night, an aircrew launched Monday morning to begin the search. The teen was located around 3 p.m. Monday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWatchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District command center coordinated the rescue of the survivor with the Northwest Explorer, a nearby good Samaritan vessel,\u201d the Coast Guard said. \u201cBefore departing the scene to refuel, the HC-130 aircrew deployed a line of flares to guide the Northwest Explorer to the overturned vessel.\u201d <\/p>\n
Adam White, captain of the vessel that found the teenager, told NBC News that his crew were returning back from a NOAA survey when they received a message from the Coast Guard. After receiving coordinates for a survivor, White altered their course to look for the boy and prepared supplies to keep him warm. <\/p>\n
The seven scientists and six crew members on board all kept their eyes on the water to see if they could find him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he finally came into view, it was elation from everybody,\u201d White said. \u201cEverybody cheered.\u201d <\/p>\n
The teenager was unable to get to the rafts near him, stuck on the top of the overturned boat about 8 miles from his last known position, White said. The crew blasted their horn \u201cto give him some hope\u201d that help was on its way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were lucky enough because the kid was so tough, so strong that that he was able to grab a hold of a heaving line that we threw to him,\u201d White said. \u201cAnd he was able to hold on while we sort of reeled him in. And I just, like, can\u2019t believe how tough this kid is.\u201d <\/p>\n
White says the boy was \u201cmoderately\u201d hypothermic once they were able to get him on board. They were able to raise his body temperature until they could get him medical attention. <\/p>\n
The captain was able to meet the boy\u2019s family, which White described as overwhelming. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe gave each other a really long hug, and they just, they had a lot of joy,\u201d White said. \u201cObviously, there\u2019s a lot of pain in their eyes \u2014 there\u2019s a lot of sorrow. It\u2019s just so much, so much mixed emotions.\u201d <\/p>\n
Rear Adm. Bob Little, the commander of the Coast Guard Arctic District command center, said their hearts go out to the families and friends, and communities affected by the tragedy. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful for the incredible efforts of the motor vessel Northwest Explorer, Federal, State, Village first responders and mission partners who assisted in the effort that resulted in a life saved,\u201d Little said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 15-year-old boy survived days at sea after a fishing boat capsized off Alaska, killing his older brother…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-843515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}