ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard says a member of a fishing vessel crew survived after falling overboard without a lifejacket in the frigid waters of Prince William Sound.
Coast Guard spokesman David Mosley says the Seward-based PHOENIX reported the crew member missing at 8:51 p.m. Saturday, August 18, 2012, a couple minutes after he was last seen.
The Coast Guard issued a marine alert about the incident, which occurred near Green Island.
Mosley says the PHOENIX turned around and found the man, who was not injured.
According to Mosley, the man was in the water for five or six minutes. He says water temperatures at the time were in the low- to-mid 50s.
The man’s name has not been released.
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