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 we was bouncing all over the place. with five-foot waves crashing
while the fishing boats were still at sea. all the boats somehow made it 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.
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 we was bouncing all over the place. with five-foot waves crashing over the bow and the fishing nets full of shrimp still in the
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 we was bouncing all over the place. with five-foot waves crashing
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