Lost in the Shelikof

Dale Pruitt stood barefoot atop the capsized hull of his fishing vessel. Bobbing in heavy seas, he steadied himself and assessed his situation. His crew was down below him in the water. The 'crew' consisted of his niece, as well as, his only son and his only daughter. The t-shirt and shorts he wore would provide no protection against the dark, icy waters of the Shelikof Strait. But his options had fallen away quickly in the few minutes since he had sent out his mayday from the cabin of the foundering F/V Magnum. Leaning hard into the gale, Dale did what he had to do. He jumped into the Alaskan ocean. Meanwhile back at home in Kodiak, Alaska, wife and mother, Mindy Pruitt was relaxing and preparing for the return of her family after two days and nights at sea. It would be a full 24 hours before she would know for sure that something had gone seriously wrong. Once she realized that her family was missing she would suffer through two more days of agony. Uncertain of the fate of her missing family, Mindy finds support in an inner circle of friends and family while her family struggles for their lives at sea. Sea Storm is the true story of the Pruitt Family of Kodiak, Alaska. On Friday, June 20th the F/V Magnum sank. The skipper's mayday went unheard and the emergency beacon aboard the vessel malfunctioned. The crew would be missing for over sixty hours before the harrowing conclusion.