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An Alaska fishing adventure became a nightmare for a family of eight when disaster struck one of the two boats they chartered over the Memorial Day weekend, leaving three people dead and two more missing despite a desperate search over hundreds of square miles of ocean.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two vacationing couples — including sisters — and a fishing boat captain were on a charter boat found partially submerged in southeast Alaska over the weekend amid rough seas, family members said Wednesday.

Three others on the boat remain missing.

Police have identified a body recovered by the Coast Guard as 57-year-old Maury Agcaoili, who was found unresponsive in the water near Sitka, Alaska.

The passengers aboard the fishing charter boat were two sisters and their partners visiting Alaska from out of state.

A Sitka boat operator and two visiting couples from Hawaii and California were on the fishing charter boat when it capsized in one of the deadliest incidents in the industry’s history in Alaska.

A Hawaiian couple vacationing in Alaska was pronounced deceased days after a charter fishing boat they were riding on capsized off the coast of Sitka.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A 30-foot charter vessel capsized in the Sitka Sound, in Alaska on Sunday, with two Hawaii residents aboard. Alaska State Troopers said 57-year-old Maury Agcaoili was located near the partially submerged vessel. He was found unresponsive by the U.S. Coast Guard and was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. […]

Two passengers were from Hawaii, two from California and the captain was from Sitka

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