ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The five clam diggers found dead in Cook Inlet after their skiff ran into trouble have been identified.
According to the Alaska State Troopers, the digger’s 22-foot aluminum skiff was overloaded and became swamped with water due to wind, tide and rough seas.
The men who died are 42-year-old Roberto Ramirez of a yet to be identified residence; 34-year-old Jose A. Sandoval of Bakersville, Calif.; 36-year-old Avelino Garcia of Oregon; 24-year-old Jose Revera of Los Angeles; and 31-year-old Ramon Valdiva of Oregon.
One man — 42-year-old Noel Garcia of Aberdeen, Wash. — survived because he decided to walk from their harvesting spot to their camp. When Garcia reached the camp and noticed his co-workers had not arrived, he and others looked for them, soon finding one of the bodies.
