Teen survives 2 days atop overturned boat in freezing Alaska waters, rescue video surfaces
New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- A 15-year-old boy survived nearly two days in the freezing waters of Alaska's Bering Sea by clinging to an overturned fishing boat after the vessel capsized. A video showing the dramatic rescue has since surfaced online.
The teenager, identified by a relative as Derek Parker Aghnaanga, was found alive on Monday near St. Lawrence Island, a remote Alaskan island located closer to Russia than mainland United States, AP reported.
His older brother, 35-year-old Sidney Kulowiyi, and their cousin also went missing after the boat overturned. Their bodies were later recovered.
Aghnaanga was eventually spotted by a US Coast Guard aircraft and rescued with the help of a nearby fishing vessel, The Northwest Explorer.
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