Texas Family Of Four Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Homer

Potentially devastating story out of Homer, as a Texas family of four is missing after the boat they were on sank off the Homer coast. Four other passengers were rescued. Here’s more from the Anchorage Daily News:

A relative identified the missing as Mary and David Maynard and their two sons, 11-year-old Colton and 7-year-old Brantley.

The family was on a 28-foot aluminum vessel with four other people on Saturday when it began taking on water around 7 p.m., according to Travis Magee, a spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard. A radio broadcast notified vessels of the call for help and the boat Salty Sea responded and rescued four people from a life raft, he said. They did not have any injuries, a spokeswoman said Sunday.

The Coast Guard began searching in the area, which officials said was roughly 16 miles west of the Homer Spit. Waves were at 2 feet and winds were less than 5 knots when the boat capsized, authorities have said.