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Ship sank, four members of the boat had to cling to debris, so they drifted in icy cold water for about three hours as the coast guard raced to the scene. as ann curry reports, not all survived. >> robert jack survived the horror watching the 70-foot commercial fishing boat being overtaken by the swell. >> we were cutting through the water in a circle. almost a straight up and down wall. >> just after 5:30 on tuesday evening, the coast guard received a distress call. all four were forced into a frigid water. >> i was underwater for a while.

Boat tried to cling to floating debris in the water after their ship cap siced. the coast guard responded quickly pulling all four from the sea but sadly only three survived. nbc's ann curry has the story. >> in a basket trying to get him in. >> i wasn't able to see anybody. i was swallowing water. the waves were quite high. the wind was blowing. >> reporter: robert jack described the horror watching his 70-foot commercial fishing boat overtaken by a large swell, tipping into the icy gulf of alaska. >> we were cutting through the water in a circle. it was almost a straight up-and-down wall. >>...

Not deploy and activate, there's only two ways we could have got saved, and that mayday call was one of them, and our captain made it in there and sacrificed himself, i believe, to make a mayday call for his crew. jon: that's robert jack, the first mate. he says he believes the boat might have been overloaded when it went down. the northern belle was set to deliver cargo to dillingham, alaska. the coast guard is investigating the cause of the sinking. jane: brand new pictures of the surface of the sun, really spectacular, fiery close-ups from nasa. could they unlock some secrets of the solar s...

Eastern time. we'll have it for you right here. coast guard rescue. now, they're dramatic by nature, but one just-released mayday call from a ship off alaska's coast yesterday shows exactly how terrifying those moments are as endangered crews wait for that rescue to come. four crew members aboard a commercial fishing boat were left to grasp at floating debris after their ship capsized. but as nbc's ann curry reports, not all of those crew members made it out alive. >> reporter: robert jack described the horror watching his 70-foot commercial fishing boat overtaken by a large swell, tipping n...

To life. >> the life raft did not deploy. >> reporter: all four were forced into the frigid water. >> i was under water for a while, hit my ankle. and i felt something that i could push myself out of so i pushed away and it pushed me away from the vacuum of the ship going down. >> reporter: after three hours, all four crew members were pulled from the water. three suffered from hypothermia. the ship's captain showed no sign of life. >> our captain made it in there and sacrificed himself i believe to make a mayday call for his crew. he says you go first. i'm going last. i went in and that was t...