Garibaldi, Ore.
At least nine people were killed this week when a 15-foot wave flipped their chartered fishing boat. Two others were missing and presumed dead. Eight people survived; some swam a few hundred yards to reach shore, and others were plucked from the 50-degree waters by rescuers. The 32-foot Taki-Tooo left port around 7
A.M.
, and cruised out of Tillamook Bay. “Everybody was all happy and jolly,” a witness said. Then a series of 12-foot waves forced the captain to veer twice, and the vessel was broadsided. “I mean, I saw it coming,” said survivor Mark Hamlett. “When we rolled, I did not expect to take another breath.”
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