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Coast Guard: 3 people missing after boat capsizes off Alaska, 1 other found with no signs of life

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard says three people are missing after a boat capsized in a Gulf of Alaska bay near Seward. The Coast Guard says in a social media post that one other person was recovered from the water “with no signs of life.” The Coast Guard told Anchorage television station KTUU that a distress call was heard Wednesday morning from a Hewescraft boat. An alert was sent to nearby boats. A Coast Guard air crew located the capsized vessel. A good Samaritan crew recovered the unresponsive person from the water. The Coast Guard and others searched overnight for the other three.

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