The U.S. Coast Guard told 6 News on Aug. 7 the matter was “no longer an active Coast Guard case”.
BELL COUNTY, Texas — Petty Officer First Class Shannon Kearney with the U.S. Coast Guard told 6 News that it will take several days to answer some lingering questions regarding the vessel that capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska, which resulted in a Troy, Texas family being lost at sea.
These questions include why did the ship sink and whether or not we can obtain more information about what happened from the four survivors of the accident.
“It would realistically require a handful of days to answer since we would have to reach out to different departments in the Coast Guard,” Kearney explained to 6 News in an email.
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 …