Western Venture Disaster: Dramatic Coast Guard Rescue After Ship ERUPTS In Flames | Deadliest Catch

Hey you guys, shut down is over with.
Obama just said it. We’re good to go.
>> We have a government again.
>> President signed the resolution about 10:00 or midnight last night.
>> They said we just got to go get our perm. We go fishing.
>> GOING FISHING.
>> MONEY.
>> YEAH. Today’s the day we’ve been looking for. We’re ready to rock and roll.
>> I’m ready.
>> Hell yeah.
>> Here we go. Woo.
and lovest mankind.
>> Captains and crews pause for the blessing of the fleet. [music] >> This is blessed sprinkling water.
Father, son of be father, son.
Two ages of ages. Amen.
[music] Clear water. Father, son, and the holy spirit. Two of ages.
Father, son, holy spirit. Amen. On behalf of the faith communities of an Alaska, blessings of peace, [music] safety, and a bountiful catch. Go forth upon the seas, friends, confident and at peace, knowing that you are surrounded, protected, and sustained by the God of the fish and the seas and of all creation. Amen.
>> On the Cape Caution.
>> All right, guys. It’s a little southern tradition, something that I believe in very firmly. The new greenhorn places his faith in an old cinjun ritual.
>> Get everybody on the crew to kiss a quarter. Make sure everybody comes back safe.
>> We need all the good luck we can.
>> All right. And then when we head out, [music] when we get back to the sea buoy, I’ll flip it overboard.
Pay to man the toll and we’ll all come back safe. I’ll have a good catch. Can >> you say some magic words that us Yankees don’t know about?
>> It’s not a Yankee thing, dude. It’s a It’s a voodoo thing. It’s It’s just It works, dude. I know it works. I’ve seen it work. I’ve been doing it for years.
>> All right.
>> The man that doesn’t kiss it up.
>> All right. Thinking about where next lips have been.
>> There it is.
All right. Let’s go get the cap and kiss it.
>> Hey, Cap. Little voodoo, southern tradition. [music] Something I’ve done.
We take a quarter, pay a man at the seaboo, make sure that everybody comes back safe.
>> I know where you’re from. I know they’re they’re they’re all big on the the undead down there. But I’ve been doing this for a long time without any worry of ghosts on the boat. [music] And if it’s a big part of your life and you don’t think you can live without it, you might want to get packing.
>> Yes, sir. All right. All right.
Turning turned >> nothing. Turned it.
>> Hey, is the charger on?
>> Yeah.
>> Put it on all.
>> All the starter’s dead.
Got enough battery voltage to this main.
>> Impeccable timing to be roped in.
Never had this happen ever.
[music] Pon pon pon pon pon pon.
A 406 megahertz E-B distress beacon has been received by satellite 60 nautical miles west of ADAC. The beacon is registered to Western Venture. Call sign WDG5225.
>> Western Venture.
Pretty sure I know. It’s a little guy.
He’s only 59 foot.
>> Keep a sharp lookout for signs of distress and assist if possible.
>> Not good.
Southwest of the Northwestern 600 600 sector anchorage sector anchorage.
>> The US Coast Guard sets course for the last known location of a vessel in distress.
>> The boat we’re heading to is the fishing vessel Western.
It was reported on fire 8:00 this morning. Five persons on board and uh we got it last known position. So, we’ll search there.
C130 is in or out.
>> To cover a massive search area, the Coast Guard deploys a C130 long range surveillance aircraft.
>> C130s will probably be just a scene. So, hopefully they’ll have some good information before we uh before we get there.
There was a fire in the bow and we’re going to them. So, the Western Venture is on fire right now. They they did a Mayday.
That would suck. That’s the scariest thing ever.
>> They just caught fire. They can’t get it out.
>> Wow.
>> One of the crew members had a personal blow.
>> That is the worst case scenario there, man. The fire on the boat. There’s nothing worse.
>> Nowhere to go, right?
>> Nowhere to go but in the water.
important that the the boat looks like it’s on fire.
Hoping that they’re sitting on a life rapper.
They say they see life.
>> All right, five persons on board.
>> That boat’s going down and those guys are in the water. There’s a C130 in the air. He’s flying over there, but I don’t think they can do much for him.
>> The helicopter still 265 mi away.
>> C130 by a half hour.
>> The Coast Guard C130 surveillance plane keeps track of the drifting crew.
>> You don’t ever want to get off your boat. And these guys are in the water.
They’re helpless right now.
This is the Illusian Beauty. I believe I’m the closest vessel. I’m headed that way as fast as I can.
>> You know what? Illution Beauty is a crab boat.
>> Oh, I know.
>> Yeah, they’re probably You know what? If they’re on scene, they’ll get those guys out of the water.
There’s a good spirit of folk that’s starting to make their way towards them.
>> The captain of the illusion beauty [music] gets his boat in position to pull the life after board.
>> No wheelhouse.
>> All that’s left is that port side structure of it. That’s it.
>> There’s no saving.
>> Wow.
Everybody’s on board. All okay.
>> All five survivors are pulled to safety.
>> We got some air. They just reported that they pulled all five guys off. They’re all in good health. Glad they’re okay.
>> Did they get off? Sounds like it.
>> Yeah. Crabers to the rescue. [music] Right off.
>> That’s my worst nightmare is a fire and we can’t put it out and I have to get off the boat. I never want to get off a boat. All a sudden poof. You know, nothing you can do.