Aaron Robert Broderick was 27 when he vanished with fourteen other crew members after the F/V Arctic Rose sank in the Bering Sea on April 2, 2001. The 92-foot vessel went down about 205 miles northwest of St. Paul Island, Alaska, while harvesting rock sole. No mayday call was received; an emergency position-indicating radio beacon alerted the Coast Guard and by the time rescuers arrived only an empty life raft, some survival suits, and an oil sheen were found. The captain’s body was the only one recovered.

A Coast Guard investigation located the wreck on the ocean floor with a remotely operated vehicle and concluded several factors likely produced a rapid sinking: a watertight door to the processing area had been left open, the vessel had extensive structural modifications that may have affected stability, and many crew members had limited safety training. Aaron Broderick and the other missing crew are presumed to have perished. If anyone knew Aaron, the Arctic Rose crew, or observed anything related to the vessel before April 2, 2001, please share what you remember.