Katmai survivors: Harrowing hours after fishing vessel rolled
Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 12:54.
Seattle Times -- A couple of years ago, a jobless Bobby Harrison contemplated a
dramatic shift in lifestyle, leaving the urban comforts of Portland to
join his cousin aboard the Katmai, a fishing vessel that tapped into
the harvests off Alaska. But Harrison couldn't swim, and had heard a few too many tales about the dangers of fishing the North Pacific. He opted to stay put. "I heard stories about guys who had lost limbs and arms, and was just too scared to go," he said. Thursday, Harrison's cousin, Cedric Smith, and a longtime friend,
Glenn Harper, were identified as two of the men who died when the
Katmai sank early Wednesday morning off the Aleutian Islands. READ MORE
Seattle Times -- A couple of years ago, a jobless Bobby Harrison contemplated a
dramatic shift in lifestyle, leaving the urban comforts of Portland to
join his cousin aboard the Katmai, a fishing vessel that tapped into
the harvests off Alaska. But Harrison couldn't swim, and had heard a few too many tales about the dangers of fishing the North Pacific. He opted to stay put. "I heard stories about guys who had lost limbs and arms, and was just too scared to go," he said. Thursday, Harrison's cousin, Cedric Smith, and a longtime friend,
Glenn Harper, were identified as two of the men who died when the
Katmai sank early Wednesday morning off the Aleutian Islands. READ MORE