Bobby Linwood Barbers, known as Pops, was 54 when he disappeared from the fishing vessel Gallant Fox in the early morning hours of July 2, 2010. The boat was in the Oregon Inlet, about 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina, when a crewmember arriving to relieve him found he was gone from his watch at around 5 a.m. He was wearing a black short-sleeved t-shirt and denim shorts and was not wearing a life jacket.

The U.S. Coast Guard treated the incident as a man overboard and mounted an extensive search involving Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet rescue crews, the cutter Cochito, a C-130 aircrew and an HH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City. Searchers found no trace and the search was suspended the following day; he is presumed lost at sea. Bobby Barbers was a Black male with black hair, brown eyes and a full graying beard.

Are there any mariners or locals who worked on the Gallant Fox or in the Oregon Inlet at that time who can share what happened that night?