We all float on, sort of: One man unsuccessfully paddles homemade inflatable across Gastineau Channel

6/8/2017

A man paddles a homemade watercraft June 7, 2017, in the Gastineau channel near Juneau. A Coast Guard Station Juneau small boat crew rescued a 32-year-old man after the craft began taking on water. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

A Coast Guard Station Juneau crew picked the 32-year-old up. According to a news release, he was trying to reach Point Bishop in an inflatable, duct-taped craft when it began taking on water. He was not wearing a life jacket, the release said. (Read the rest of the story here.)

Update: Sometimes the story you pitch becomes viral (12:19 p.m. Alaska Time June 9, 2017):

ABC Baltimore: Police rescue man with dog in duct-taped boat
Alaska Native News: Coast Guard Rescues man in Homemade Inflatable in Juneau
atlasobscura: A Man and His Dog Were Rescued From a Duct-Taped Boat
canada-today.com Man and dog rescued from home-made duct-taped boat
CBS North Carolina: Coast Guard pulls man and dog from failing duct-taped boat
CBS Philly: Coast Guard Rescues Man Traveling In Duct Tape Boat
CBS Sacramento: Man, Dog Rescued From Homemade Duct-Tape Boat In Alaska
cnews.canoe.com Coast Guard rescues man and dog from failing duct-taped boat
Daily Mail: Coast Guard rescues man and his dog from a homemade inflatable, duct-taped boat in the Gastineau Channel in Alaska
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Coast Guard pulled man from failing duct-taped boat
Komo News: Coast Guard pulls man, dog from sinking homemade duct-taped boat in Alaska
Toronto Sun: Alaska Coast Guard rescue man and dog from failing duct-taped boat
NBC Columbus, Ohio: Coast Guard pulls man and dog from failing duct-taped boat
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth: Man, Dog Saved From Sinking Duct-Taped Boat by Coast Guard
NBC Philadelphia: Man, Dog Saved From Sinking Duct-Taped Boat by Coast Guard
Norfolk (Nebraska) Daily News: Coast Guard pulled an from failing duct-taped boat
St. Thomas Times-Journal: Alaska Coast Guard rescue man and dog from failing duct-taped boat
U.S. News & World Report: Coast Guard Pulled Man From Failing Duct-Taped Boa
Waco Tribune-Herald: Coast Guard pulled man from failing duct-taped boat
Yachting and Boating World: Man in homemade duct-taped boat rescued by US Coast Guard

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Tripp J Crouse (Ojibwe, descendent of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) has worked in print journalism and broadcasting for 15-plus years, and currently represents Alaska and serves as 2019 chair of the Station Advisory Committee for Native Public Media, a national organization that offers support services to Tribal and Native public radio stations. Tripp is also a member of the Native American Journalists Association and Alaska Press Club. Prior to working at 90.3 KNBA in Anchorage, Tripp worked at KTOO in Juneau and the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa.

We all float on, sort of: One man unsuccessfully paddles homemade inflatable across Gastineau Channel

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