Published Tuesday, December 15, 2020 11:34PM EST
HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five and community members struggle to remain hopeful.
Near the scene along the Bay of Fundy, Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor of the Hillsburn United Baptist Church, said fears of the worst were mounting for the missing scallop dragger Chief William Saulis.
“If you're a praying person, you should be praying now,” the minister said in an interview Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, two empty life-rafts from the dragger washed ashore near his church in the village of about 250 people.