Alaska Search & Rescue team to search for Troy family lost at sea [Video]

The Team is an “all volunteer, unpaid, 501(c)(3) nonprofit public safety water rescue/dive search and recovery team” that provides the Department of Public Safety a statewide capability to search, rescue or at times recover human remains or evidence from underwater, the organization stated in a post on social media.

On Saturday, Aug. 3, David Maynard, 42, his wife Mary, 37, and their two sons, Colton, 11, and Brantley, 7, were aboard a 28-foot aluminum boat with four others when it capsized 16 miles west of Homer Spit around 7 p.m.

The Coast Guard issued a radio broadcast in response to notify nearby vessels, including the Salty Sea, which rescued the four other occupants of the boat from a life raft within 15 minutes after the radio broadcast, according to KBBI.

The Coast Guard also …