2 tugboat crew members killed on barge in Alaska, Coast Guard says
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Two tugboat crew members were killed in what officials said was a "confined space incident" while moored in Alaska.
Ben Fowler and Sidney Mohorovich died on March 15 aboard a freight barge Waynehoe about 25 miles from Ketchikan, on the southeastern coast of Alaska, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which is investigating the incident. The two were crew members on the tug vessel Chukchi Sea and were on board Waynehoe when other tug crew members lost contact with them. Two other crew members with them on the barge survived and were in stable condition.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Southeast Alaska command center in Juneau about 200 miles away received a mayday call at about 9:14 a.m. on March 15, the Coast Guard said. They launched a response boat and crew with members of a volunteer fire department on board.
By the time the responders reached the barge, the other tug crew members had recovered a body and helped the two surviving crew members get out of the confined space. The response team then towed the barge to a pier in Ketchikan and recovered the second body on March 17, the Coast Guard said.
A cause of death for the two deceased crew members was not released.
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