Carlos F. Santiago was 45 when he was aboard the Motor Vessel Selendang Ayu on December 8, 2004, during a catastrophic sequence off Unalaska, Alaska. The Malaysian-flagged bulk carrier suffered a critical engine failure in the Bering Sea, drifted for two days in heavy seas, then ran aground near Spray Cape and broke in two. A U.S. Coast Guard evacuation used helicopters; during the final lift a helicopter was struck by a massive wave, its engine flamed out, and it crashed into the sea.

Three Coast Guard personnel and one crewman were rescued, but Carlos Santiago and five fellow crew members went into 43-degree water and were never found. An extensive search along hundreds of miles of coastline and ocean was suspended after three days; the men are presumed lost. The incident also released an estimated 350,000 gallons of fuel oil and diesel, fouling miles of shoreline and harming wildlife.

Does anyone have information about Carlos Santiago, his shipmates, or the rescue operations that followed?