June 11, 2015 — The crew of an Alaska fishing boat is safe after a dramatic rescue at sea. Coast Guard video shows the four men plunging into the six-foot seas from the sinking boat near Alaska’s Lituya Bay, CBS News’ Elaine Quijano reports.
As the ship’s crew dealt with Alaska’s extreme environment, something on their fishing boat had gone severely wrong. That’s when the ship’s captain issued a mayday call that their boat was taking on water.
The Coast Guard arrived on the scene in a Jayhawk helicopter early Wednesday morning as the 73-foot fishing boat, the Kupreanof, was quickly sinking into the water with four men still on board.