Lost Crewmember Identified

Monday, March 12 2012

The crewmember who fell off the fishing vessel Glacier Spirit on Friday afternoon is 19-year-old Joe Haller of Greenville, Pennsylvania, according to Greenville television station WYTV.

WYTV says the 47-foot vessel was fishing crab when Haller went overboard.  The Coast Guard launched a Dolphin helicopter and a C-130 aircraft, but called off the search Friday evening after six hours with no sign of Haller.

Sand Point resident Austin Roof says Haller was new in town, but that he already had many friends in the community.

“It [knowing Haller] was such a blessing, even in the short time that we knew him,” Roof says. “He’ll be missed.”

The Coast Guard would not confirm the name or any details of the incident.



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