August 19, 2016
SEATTLE — The vessel of the deceased mariner, 74-year-old Clifford Dopps, washed ashore near the Olympic National Park, Thursday. Dopps' body was never recovered, as was previously reported.
Coast Guard personnel and multiple good Samaritan boat crews responded to the tragic event after a 22-foot aluminum vessel capsized 500 yards off Hand Rock in La Push, Wednesday.
A good Samaritan pulled one person from the water and safely transported them to emergency medical personnel waiting at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River with assistance from a station 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew, who escorted the vessel after it had become disabled en route to station.
First release: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2876066/
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