Daniel David Schmiedt was 24 and living in Arlington, Washington when he was lost at sea on October 22, 2002. He was crewing aboard the 138-foot Seattle-based catcher-processor Clipper Express about 90 miles south of St. Paul Island, Alaska, when one account says he was washed overboard by a rogue wave while the crew was assisting another vessel, the Galaxy.

He was reportedly not wearing a personal flotation device when he entered the frigid Bering Sea and was last seen wearing black rain gear. The incident was reported to the Alaska State Troopers the next day, and authorities presumed he drowned; the official investigation concluded as a maritime accident.

If anyone was aboard the Clipper Express that day or has information about what happened during the rescue effort, please share what you know.