Coast Guard Suspends Search for 3 People Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Alaska

Coast Guard Suspends Search for 3 People Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Alaska
A Coast Guard helicopter in a file photo. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday suspended its search for three people missing after their boat capsized in a Gulf of Alaska bay.

The Coast Guard said a distress call was received Wednesday morning from a 21-foot (6.4-meter) Hewescraft boat near Aialik Bay, located about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southwest of Seward.