The Coast Guard Puget Sound Command Center watchstanders received communication from the 'Seen Seas Mariner' reporting a 73-year-old male had gone overboard on July 10, 2018, at approximately 4:30 a
The Coast Guard Puget Sound Command Center watchstanders received communication from the 'Seen Seas Mariner' reporting a 73-year-old male had gone overboard on July 10, 2018, at approximately 4:30 a.m. A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles aircrew, two Coast Guard Station Neah Bay boat crews, the Coast Guard Cutter 'Wahoo' and a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crew thoroughly searched the area before locating the man. A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew recovered the unresponsive passenger near the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the afternoon. He was transferred to local Emergency Medical Service personnel waiting on shore and then to the Olympic Medical Center where he was later pronounced deceased. The cause of the incident was under investigation.
