There was large gathering at Fishermen’s Terminal to pay homage to those brave fishermen who lost their lives in fishing season. The Rev. Christopher Breen, a grief counselor and member of the Fishermen’s Memorial Board, told that 12 mor ename shave been added to the list of honoured dead fishermen. He said that the whole community is deeply saddened by this situation.
Hundreds of people have gathered to honour those lost at sea working in this dangerous and iconic Pacific Northwest profession. Breen describe all the fishers as heroes who risk their lives to provide us with food. He said that this place has been created in honour of those died during fishing and it is made sacred by their heroism and their deaths.
Breen specifically praised the heroism of Capt. Eric Peter Jacobsen, the skipper of the Alaska Ranger, and his four crewmembers who died March 23 when the fish-processing vessel sank in the Bering Sea some 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The precise circumstances of the tragedy are still under investigation by the Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board.
Many people names, who lost their lives at sea, were read aloud at the service to recognize they had purchased engraved stone tiles near the statue. It is fact that commercial fishing in the Bering Sea is one of the most dangerous jobs out there. But there are fishers who do their best to operate as responsibly and as safely as possible.
