What to think of the divers. Always jumping in cold dark water without knowing anything beneath the surface. Genuine heroes!

Lived in AK for nearly 10 years. They operate in some of the most extreme weather conditions, and are held in the highest regard around that area. They are the best of us.

Larry Lawton, famous YTer and ex-prolific jewel thief, was in the CG before his life of crime and prison time, and talks about how he still has PTSD from some of the recovery missions he went on...seems that was about as horrific as anything he encountered in the living Hell that was 12 years in federal prison.

Wish I would have joined the coast gaurd!

Amen! They’re true badasses!! True heroes!!!

Thanks for the explanation

I assumed it was some kind of signal but thanks for the explanation. It helped me to understand that a person didn’t actually send a mayday signal. It kind of seems like somehow the boat went down really fast and the people didn’t have time to send a mayday signal.

@@caseyj779 yeah. It most likely was a giant rogue wave which hit them on the side and capsized the boat. A Mayday signal is sent with the push of a single button on the VHF radio. It must have been a violent impact and even a veteran captain couldn't get the mayday out.

100th like and thank you for explaining 😊

Thank you for explaining.

He was half distracted until he heard that. The snap to attention is heartbreaking.

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I was young when my adopted father did commercial fishing I new a lot of the guys like sid and phill it's a thankless job

As soon as he heard those words he knew...

@@ryangallivan1525 Any time you hear those words "last known position", it's usually horrible. That means the vessel is either in distress or sunk without witnesses.

Sad all around. The extended clip is sig telling them right after this to give him a little bit snd he can say a few words. They put camera down and then leave him be

Horrible loss! The water is freezing & no one could survive. So heartbreaking. God bless the searchers & God bless the lost souls!🙏🏼

I'm sorry about your friend.😢 it had to be a shock for you.😔

Sorry for your loss. Prayer covering for these men is important imo. I come from a long line of fishermen. My great-great-great-grandfather Collins was almost lost when his ship went down off Newfoundland, he managed to get into a dory and row himself and a few survivors to shore. It was considered a feat of strength. Unfortunately, it tore his body apart and he died within 2 years. The men who go down to the sea in ships.

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Prayers for all

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you mean the scripted scene of sig fake crying. incredible stuff

@@spoils2873 stay in your mamas basement!

As opposed to a fake human?

@@spoils2873 what are you on bro?

​@@spoils2873Sig brought a bottle of vodka on my boat when he was docked beside us. The show definitely skews reality, but Sig is a good dude.

I once had the pleasure of speaking with some coast guard officers during a dinner. I asked them what makes them sortie in weather that nobody else will go out in. One officer thought for a moment and then said "you have to go out, you don't have to come back". Semper Paratus.

So sad

Even his last desperate hope, is when he hears Casey say, "I pray they find somebody", and he asks "Did they get off a Mayday?" Sig is hoping that if a Mayday was given out, there was still a chance to find someone, but...

Yes....so we can eat 🦀

What do you think happened? It sounded like they didn't have time to SOS. Or something blew up

Question: What is the most common way a boat of that size sinks? Possible a rogue wave was involved?

No mayday is wild…

watched a 60ft seiner go down in 12 seconds once. she was on the bottom in 75ft. in less than a minute. it happens scary fast.

@@valerieodle6589 I honestly could only speculate, I do know when I would stand watch if we got a mayday call the position of the vessel in distress is the the most important thing, if they are taking on water and water hits the batteries they no longer have communication. I’ve Seen boats go down from a shaft falling out, to getting swamped from a wave etc etc.

Wonder if this episode won any awards ?....should've done ....

what can happen to a large vessel like that to go down so quickly that they cant even get a mayday out or get their suits on much less get into a life raft? does anyone know, I don't know about things like this so no offense to anyone.

Maybe it's time for a new family tradition.

@@faith6833like surfing social media 😅

@@e.s.5529if I remember correctly in this particular instance they were overloaded. There are several other reasons such as a rouge wave, too much ice on the boat and a slack tank, all of those can cause a boat to sink with little to no warning.

@@e.s.5529 i just read the coast guards press release which was that they went out overloaded in freezing spray with ice build up and the crew was fatigued. They also believe a hatch was left open stating that would cause the ship to sink within minutes. The families seem to think captain and crew were pressured by the owner to leave the dock early unprepared and wanted criminal charges brought up which was never done. This is just what I read in a news report after googling it so take that for what you will.

Puddle pirates are actually an endearing term. It’s playful but every department respects what everyone does. I’d bet my life on a CG rescue Swimmer any day.

@@TheHighAnglerexactly. We poke fun at each other like siblings do but when push comes to shove we’re family and no one messes with our family.

and eff amerikkka too

@@KnoxHarringtonTheVideoArtistgo cho ke onna horse ding a ling

Oh don't worry. They have names for us other branches. They swing back with their own punches as much as we give it to them.

So was Phil Harris!😢😢

There’s also a bunch of sharks lol

⁠@@glockdude5472are you making a joke, or the lol stands for something else?

@@juanmendez3770 your English is atrocious.

@@juanmendez3770 are you asking me that, or are you telling me it stands for something else??

@@juanmendez3770 and yes, I was laughing as I said there are sharks. Is lol only allowed when telling a joke? Are you the “lol” police??

I’m sorry for your loss too ❤

That’s horrible, my Condolences 🙏🏻

My sincere condolences 💔

The mood on the helicopter was Stoic. The Crew remained professional but at the same time you can feel the mood change. Really tough to launch in the hope of doing another great job only to learn your efforts on this mission are going to be without reward. Important to remember that this kind of situation is also part of the job for the Coast Guard team.

What was his name?

So very sorry for your loss. 🙏🏻♥️

So very sorry for your loss. 🙏🏻♥️

💔🙏🏼❤❤

Where did your step dad fish at?

This clip is something like 6 or more years old

@@JustGigi319 Stopped watching after Phil Harris passed. So it's news to me. RIP to the Captain and Crew...

@@z9ao7vsig is still alive tf you on about?

@@z9ao7vwhat?

Sig is very much alive!

@@z9ao7vthanks Hillary!

I can imagine how hard it was for Casey, knowing that Sig and Jeff were good friends and this was going to devastate Sig, to tell him this. Even that short line, "I knew Jeff and you were tight."

The way his head jerks up when he hears the words "...last known position..."; any time you hear those words, you never want to hear that. It means the vessel is missing, likely sunk.

Away

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?"

Later determined ice buildup caused it to capsize.

I remember Sig saying something about the crab pots weights being off which caused the overload.

After this I believe the entire fleet had load limit test done on all the ships to make sure they weren’t overloaded.

They were improperly loaded, the crew was fatigued, and the captain set forth into freezing spray despite knowing these things. A hatch was left open, and the crew was so fatigued that they couldn't keep up with ice buildup. It capsized quickly. The captain was unfortunately complicit a string of missteps.

@@delewan she had to be listing bad before the sinking but no mayday no nothing but somebody had time to tie the epirb to a rope im thinking they were in the water when that happened thinking the coast guard would be able to see the bright yellow rope better so they would find them

There is a LZ on St George if they have to they can stay on scene longer, I think during the meet and greet the Coast Guard Media folks said it is there for emergency’s and not staffed. Other than that I’ve never heard it mentioned in the Navy but it has been used once? That I could find so have no idea what the status is of it. Not listed on a couple of maps I checked so I dunno

I flew for the cg out of kodiak. There is fuel available on st george and st. Paul Island which is close. Sad story. Unfortunately I witnesses many of these.

Wish they had kept the HH-3J Pelicans for the long legged missions. 30 minutes for a search? That almost sounds like a disservice, giving professional Search and Rescue personnel things that seem little more than a token effort.

They're first responders of the highest order. You HAVE to maintain that mentality, otherwise you'll start spiraling. Firefighting is scary, but we've made a lot of advances in fire safety. The ocean, though... it's only getting worse and worse as the years go by. Rogue waves are EVERYWHERE. And the Coast Guard deals with drownings and lost at sea cases all the time. With the possible exception of an aircraft carrier, I don't know a single kind of ship that can handle rogue waves. Most of the cases they're called out to help with will result in no retrievals.