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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Erin Keller

Alaskan boy stranded at sea for days held brother and cousins’ bodies after they drowned: family

A 15-year-old Alaska boy survived about 62 hours stranded atop an overturned fishing boat in the frigid Bering Sea, trying to hold onto his brother and cousin after they drowned, his family says.

Derek Parker Aghnaanga was the lone survivor of a three-person fishing trip that ended when the skiff overturned near St. Lawrence Island. His older brother, Sidney Kulowiyi, 35, and cousin Barton Rookok, 34, died after the boat capsized.

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