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17th District Office of Public Affairs |
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Press Release |
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Coast Guard helicopter crew finds missing crewman KODIAK Alaska - Coast Guard crews searched for a missing crew member, reported overboard, near King Salmon Tuesday afternoon. The Coast Guard received a call at 11 a.m. from Alaska State Troopers reporting a missing crewman from the fishing vessel Diane Carol. A crewman aboard the anchored vessel in Cinder River discovered George Brown missing. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak dispatched a helicopter rescue crew to the scene. The crew found George Brown's body at the mouth of the Cinder River, and airlifted him to King Salmon Hospital. Officials there pronounced him dead. |
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