DIVE PRACTICUM – Dive student Karson Winslow hands a discarded garden hose to SCUBA instructor Haleigh Damron, standing on the dock, at Crescent Harbor this afternoon. The University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus Dive Team is clearing trash from the harbor floor under floats 5, 6 and 7 as part of their instruction. Fourteen student divers are taking part this year. This is the fifth year the dive team has volunteered to clean up Sitka harbors. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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C.G. Searches for Man Missing Off Cruise Ship
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter and Station Juneau vessel searched early today for about 11 hours for a man reported missing off the cruise ship Konigsdam near Juneau Monday night.
Coast Guard spokesman Ian Gray said today that a nearby cruise ship, the Eurodam, had called at 10:45 p.m. to report someone on the ship had heard a “possible human voice coming from the water.”
A head count of crew members aboard the Konigsdam led to the discovery that a 31-year-old crew member was missing, Gray said.
The helicopter launched at 12:03 a.m. today to help search the Gastineau Channel. It headed back to Sitka around 10:35 a.m., and the search was officially suspended at 11:57 a.m., Gray said. Also involved in the search of area waters was a station Juneau vessel, which was first on the scene.
A statement from Holland America Line today said the man was reported missing shortly after the ship had left Juneau.
“A review of closed-circuit TV footage indicated the man likely went overboard intentionally,” the statement said.
“All of us at Holland America Line are deeply saddened by this incident and our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time,” the statement said. “We are offering counseling services to team members and guests who may have been affected by this incident.”
Those with information about the missing man may contact Sector Juneau Command Center watchstanders at 907-463-2980.
“The Coast Guard is working diligently with the assistance of other agencies to locate the crew member,” Ens. Maximilian Carfango, Sector Juneau command center duty officer, said in today’s news release. “Any information that can help us locate the crew member is greatly appreciated.”
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20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Photo caption: Sitka High students in the guitar music class gather in the hall before the school’s spring concert. The concert was dedicated to music instructor Brad Howey, who taught more than 1,000 Sitka High students from 1993 to 2004. From left are Kristina Bidwell, Rachel Ulrich, Mitch Rusk, Nicholas Mitchell, Eris Weis and Joey Metz.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
The Fair Deal Association of Sealaska shareholders selected Nelson Frank as their candidate for the Sealaska Board of Directors at the ANB Hall Thursday.