back safely, all except one. captain raymond leiker, otherwise known as tinky, and his deckhand alvin latham were missing along with their shrimp boat named "the bandit." the coast guard was notified. they searched the area in the gulf where tinky had made his last radio transmission but found nothing. 14 hours later, a vietnamese fishing trawler picked up a man in the gulf clinging to a piece of wood. it was alvin latham, the deckhand. he was exhausted but unharmed. when interviewed by the coast guard, alvin told a horrifying tale. alvin said the storm came up so fast that he and tinky were unprepared. >> the wind just picked up, and