MARINERS WALL – Dan Rasmussen mortars a memorial brick at the Mariners Wall this afternoon as his son, Dan, and Bronwyn Walton, of Southeast Alaska Women in Fisheries, look on. About 40 new bricks are being integrated into the memorial which honors departed fishermen, boats and others. Walton says the current collection of bricks represents about three years of dedications. Rasmussen, who besides being a fisherman is also a union brick layer, is donating his services. To purchase a brick to benefit SEAWIF programs, contact Walton at (505) 269-0906. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Two Bodies Found In Boat Recovery
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Troopers said today the bodies of two women have been recovered from the wreckage of the charter fishing boat that sank Sunday off the southern end of Kruzof Island.
“They are believed to be Danielle Agcaoili, 53, and Brandi Tyau, 56,” troopers said in their daily dispatches report today. “The bodies are being transported to the state medical examiner’s office in Anchorage for examination and identification.”
Four charter clients and the boat skipper were aboard the 30-foot aluminum boat for a day fishing charter on Sunday.
Kingfisher Charters reported the boat was overdue Sunday evening. A Coast Guard helicopter was launched at around 7 p.m. and found the half-submerged vessel just off Low Island, 10 miles southwest of Sitka near the southeast end of Kruzof Island.
On Sunday the Coast Guard retrieved the body of one passenger, later identified as Maury Agcaoili, 57, from the water near the half-submerged boat. With today’s recovery of the two women, Robert Solis, 61, a charter boat passenger from Canoga Park, California, and Morgan Robidou, 32, of Sitka, the skipper of the vessel, remain missing, the troopers said.
Hanson Maritime of Sitka is working on securing the wrecked charter boat, which authorities say remains offshore from Kruzof Island near where it was found Sunday evening.
“Efforts to raise the vessel and tow it back to town are ongoing,” troopers said in an 11:33 a.m. email today.
The Coast Guard suspended its intensive air, sea and land search at 9:30 p.m. Monday. The 20 hours of searching covered an area of 825 square miles, the Coast Guard said. Also involved were the Sitka Fire Department dive team, and search and rescue team, NOAA law enforcement, Alaska State Troopers and good Samaritan vessels.
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20 YEARS AGO
September 2004
Photo caption: A replica of the sign reading “Annahootz Head Chief of the Sitka Tribe” in this 1904 photo of the Kaagwaantaan Wolf House is among items to be rededicated Oct. 23-24 at the 100-year anniversary celebration of the Last Potlatch of 1904. The sign was part of the Wolf House artifact collection loaned to Sitka National Historical Park in 1963.
50 YEARS AGO
September 1974
A seminar course, Topics of Aquaculture will be offered by Sheldon Jackson College. ... Dennis Lund, an SJC aquaculture program instructor, will coordinate the seminar..
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