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July 18, 2024

Could the Aleutian Storm have been saved?

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Fishing vessel Aleutian Storm, battered further into the sand by large waves. The U.S. Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response.

It was nearing midnight and too dark for captain Chris Fox to see the land or determine how far offshore he was.

But he knew he was too close. The water was shallow. The Aleutian Storm was on a sandbar.

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