On September 8, 2001, 26-year-old Michael James Coghill went missing after the boat he was on was swamped near the mouth of the Kantishna River, in the Cantwell area of Denali Borough, Alaska. Witnesses last saw him clinging to a gas can as the current carried him downstream. He was wearing dark pants, a dark shirt, and a black personal flotation device.

Extensive searches of the Tanana River and its banks were conducted but did not locate him. Michael was never found and is presumed to have drowned. The remote location and the river’s powerful currents left little evidence and no confirmed recovery.

Did anyone who was on the river that day or who knows the Cantwell stretch of the Tanana River have recollections that could help clarify what happened?