After overshooting their destination on SE Alaska's Baranof Island, 3 high school friends in the borrowed aluminum fishing boat turned around and realized they were facing strong winds and big waves. They gunned it for shore — to no avail. The water swamped the 24-ft. vessel in a harrowing ordeal that apparently left just one of them alive. The 3, all wearing lifejackets, managed to climb into a small raft, but the waves tossed them out. One made it to shore.  Another was retrieved by a fishing boat using reflective fishing lure to signal for help and the other hasn’t been found.
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