Peril and Heroism In the Gulf of Alaska
U.S. Coast Guard crews have rescued four people in two separate incidents spanning the breadth of the Gulf of Alaska. On 02 July, watchstanders at the USCG’s 17th District command center in Juneau, Alaska received a request for assistance from Pacific Producer, a 167-foot fishing vessel operating 6 miles west of the Egegik River on the northwestern [proximal] reach of Alaska’s Aleutian Peninsula. The ship requested assistance for a female crew-member reportedly experiencing sepsis-like symptoms.