Originally published Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 4:17 AM
Crewman falls off fishing boat off WA coast
The Coast Guard is searching for a crewman who fell off a fishing boat about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday off the Olympic Peninsula, about eight miles west of the mouth of the Queets River.
The Associated Press
SEATTLE —
The Coast Guard is searching for a crewman who fell off a fishing boat about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday off the Olympic Peninsula, about eight miles west of the mouth of the Queets River.
The Coast Guard responded to a call from the vessel Senja with a helicopter from Astoria and a 47-foot boat from Westport.
The crewman was not wearing a life jacket when he fell into the 48-degree water.
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