Loved ones are remembering the five fishermen whose boat overturned in the frigid waters off Alaska.
Travis Kapp, Jacob Hannah, Alex Ireland, Emilio "EJ" Celaya and Michael Brown have been missing since Sunday, Dec. 1Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, Eater and other publications.The men — Travis Kapp, Jacob Hannah, Alex Ireland, Emilio"EJ" Celaya and Michael Brown — made a mayday call at approximately 12:07 a.m.
“It didn’t matter where we went, he had a pole in the water someplace, so being on a commercial fishing boat was right up his alley,” Mike Zamantakis noted.“I couldn’t be mad at him because that’s what he’s lived for — is for going to Alaska and fishing,” Carol said. “So he did what he wanted throughout his life. I’m very proud because Alaska is what helped him become the man he was.
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