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Video: Coast Guard, Seattle-based F/V Aleutian Beauty Rescue 5 Fishermen From Life Raft in Bering Sea, Alaska

uscg-logoGood Samaritans aboard the 98-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Aleutian Beauty,  responding to a Coast Guard issued urgent marine information broadcast, rescue  five uninjured fishermen from a life raft in the Bering Sea off the Alaskan  coast Oct. 20, 2013. The mariners set off their emergency position indicating  radio beacon, prompting a Coast Guard response, and abandoned ship into the life  raft from the 59-foot Kodiak-based fishing vessel Western Venture after it  caught fire 69 miles west of Adak. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Kodiak. Video here 04:53

F/V Aleutian Beauty rescued five F/V Western Venture fishermen from a life raft in the Bering Sea Sunday.

The good Samaritans, responding to a Coast Guard issued urgent marine information broadcast, were first on scene about 69 miles west of Adak and rescued the crewmen from the life raft. All five mariners are reportedly in good condition and will transit to Adak aboard the Seattle-based longliner Aleutian Beauty. more@uscgnews 21:16