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Moment teen is rescued after three days adrift in frigid waters
Updated: 12/09/2026 – 12:54 GMT+2
A 15-year-old boy was rescued after clinging to an overturned boat for nearly three days in the frigid Bering Sea off Alaska.
A 15-year-old boy has been rescued after surviving nearly three days adrift on an overturned boat in Alaska’s freezing Bering Sea.
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The teenager was found near St. Lawrence Island after Coast Guard crews launched a search when he and two relatives were reported missing.
The boy’s brother and cousin died after the small boat capsized, according to rescuers. Video shows the teenager in a bright yellow jacket clinging to the overturned vessel as the crew of a fishing boat pulled him aboard.
He was suffering from symptoms of hypothermia and was warmed with blankets and hot packs.
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