Alaska Ranger
July 23rd, 2008
A crew member (C) of the Alaska Ranger is taken on board the Coast Guard Cutter Munro on March 23, 2008 in Dutch Harbor Alaska.Four people were killed and one was missing Sunday after a fishing vessel sank off the coast of Alaska, the US Coast Guard said.The Alaska Ranger reported to the Coast Guard at about 2:50 am (1050 GMT) that it was having rudder problems and had begun taking on water, prompting the 47 crew members to assemble the inflatable life rafts and abandon ship, a spokesman told AFP. Forty-two of the fishermen were soon rescued by the Coast Guard and a fishing boat that was in the area, some 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor on Unalaska island. AFP PHOTO/HO/USCG FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Photo credit should read HO/AFP/Getty Images)