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F/V Wind Walker – ‘Doesn’t even seem real’: Friend remembers lost Coos Bay fisherman
Five men are still missing and presumed dead after their fishing boat capsized off the Alaskan coast early Sunday morning. One of the fishermen, 22-year-old Jake Hannah, is from Coos Bay. His close friend and fellow fisherman Ben Martinez-Yates tells KOIN 6 he’s still in disbelief after hearing the news. “Usually, this time of year up there, the weather gets really, really nasty. The weather is just unpredictable, and boats ice up and stuff happens,” said Martinez-Yates. Hannah was aboard the 50-foot “Wind Walker” when it made an emergency radio call near Juneau very early Sunday. “When they went to turn around, they flipped over and the boat capsized,” said Martinez-Yates. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:43