Alaska State Troopers report that after several days of searching for a 21-year-old man using side-scan sonar, sector sonar, dive teams, and volunteer searchers, they are suspending active recovery efforts at Big lake. It was on the 4th of July that 21-year-old Myles Williams fell off the back of a boat in Big Lake and […]
Troopers report that they, as well as Mat-Su Borough Fire & EMS responded to Cottonwood Lake boat launch after receiving a report of a drowning victim at that location Sunday evening. Upon arrival at 5:59 pm, the victim, identified as Justin R. Hansen, age 37, was located entangled in his watercraft’s anchor line. The investigation […]
On Wednesday night Alaska State Troopers were notified of the drowning of a young child in Selawik. The Maniilaq Hospital contacted troopers at 9:03pm on Wednesday and reported that “a young child in Selawik was found floating in the river just outside of the parent’s residence and is deceased,” according to the report. Medical personnel […]
“These are the human consequences of policies which fail to uphold international law and the most basic of humanitarian imperatives.” International rescue organizations on Friday condemned the inaction of European and Libyan authorities after at least 120 asylum-seekers were believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya. The volunteer rescue hotline Alarm Phone alerted humanitarian […]