Before a Coast Guard aircraft discovered him on September 7 afternoon, a 15-year-old teen clung to the hull of a capsized fishing trawler in the icy waters off Alaska for over two days.On the vessel, two more people perished, ksdk.com reports.The victims were the older brother and cousin of the 15-year-old survivor.The boat was last seen departing the town of Savoonga on September 4 near St. Lawrence Island. It was supposed to return on Sunday at around three in the morning. The Coast Guard Arctic District began a days-long search throughout the far-off waters of the Bering Sea after it failed to show up.The adolescent was still hanging on when a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew from Air Station Kodiak discovered the upturned skiff about 4 miles east of St. Lawrence Island on Monday at around 3 p.m. After dropping a raft and survival gear, the pilots used a line of flares to direct the Northwest Explorer, a nearby good Samaritan ship, to the location.The teenager, -showing signs of hypothermia, was retrieved from the top of the upturned boat by the Northwest Explorer. After being pulled out of the ocean, the two victoiks were transported to the mainland of Nome, Alaska, on the good Samaritan boat.
