[chris]

The Coast Guard carried out a dramatic rescue of three crew members on a Seattle-based fishing boat as it sank in the Gulf of Alaska, but was unable to save a crewman who was dead by the time officers arrived.

The three who survived suffered hypothermia but were in stable condition early Wednesday because they wore protective gear, said Dr. Phil Hess at Cordova Community Medical Center in Cordova, Alaska.

The crewman who died suffered a head trauma while exiting the boat, but it's not clear if he died from the injury or hypothermia, said Hess.

The crew of the 75-foot Northern Belle sent a mayday radio call at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday that the boat was sinking about 50 miles south of Montague Island, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley. That is near the mouth of Prince William Sound.

[SolonJhee]

Glad a few people made it, i get why they have to reply that way of dear god isn’t there a quicker way without any more risk? Maybe cut a few words out.