KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Sippel and Petty Officer 3rd Class Kara Pardee, both of Air Station Kodiak, drop liferafts and other rescue gear from the back of a Kodiak-based HC-130 Hercules aircraft to the four crewmen of the Seattle-based fishing vessel Northern Belle April 20, 2010, who were later hoisted by the crew of a Kodiak-based MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and taken to Cordova.
The crew of the 75-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel issued a mayday call when their vessel began taking on water and sank 50 miles south of Montague Island in the Gulf of Alaska.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.
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