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F/V Aspasia Skipper honored for role in Icy Strait rescue

uscg-logoJohn Hagen’s name did not make the news last June, when he intentionally beached his troller Aspasia in Icy Strait to rescue Tim Lane, who was drifting by in a waterlogged survival suit. The major news — sadly — was the loss of Lane’s crewman, 25-year-old Alan Young, whose body was never found despite an intensive land and sea search covering 450 square miles.  Young had gone overboard from Lane’s boat, the Swift, sometime in the night  [email protected] 15:07