"Deadliest Catch" deckhand dies after falling overboard in Alaska
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Todd Meadows, a crewmember on the reality TV show "Deadliest Catch," died after he was reported to have fallen overboard, the Coast Guard said.
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U.S. "Deadliest Catch" deckhand Todd Meadows dies after falling overboard in Alaska, Coast Guard says March 4, 2026 / 1:45 PM EST / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google A deckhand on the reality television show "Deadliest Catch," which documents the lives of crab fishermen working in one of the world's harshest environments, died after he was reported to have fallen overboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. The Coast Guard received a notification shortly after 5 p.m. Feb. 25 from the Aleutian Lady that crew member Todd Meadows had fallen overboard about 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Chief Petty Officer Travis Magee, a spokesperson with the Coast Guard's Arctic District, said by email Tuesday. "He was recovered unresponsive by the crew approximately ten minutes later," Magee wrote. Efforts to resuscitate Meadows were unsuccessful, and the crew brought his body to Dutch Harbor, he said. The Coast Guard is investigating. Meadows, from Montesano, Washington, was in his first year as a cast member of the Discovery Channel show. He joined the series last May but no episodes for the new season have aired. "We lost our brother," Aleutian Lady Capt. Rick Shelford said in a social media post that did not detail how Meadows died. Shelford called it the "most tragic day in the history of the Aleutian Lady on the Bering Sea." Meadows was the newest member of the boat's crew but quickly became family, Shelford wrote. "Todd's love for his children, his family, and his life was evident in everything he did. He worked hard, loved deeply, and brought joy to those around him," Shelford wrote. A statement released by the Discovery Channel called Meadows' death "a devastating loss, and our hearts are with his loved ones, his crewmates, and the entire fishing community during this incredibly difficult time." "Todd got involved with fishing with me probably from the time he was three," Lucas Meadows, Todd's father, told Alaska's News Source . "It's been a passion of his, his whole...
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