Sean Paul Castle was one year old when the family fishing vessel Sea Castle capsized in Bucareli Bay, in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of Alaska, on December 12, 1992. He had reddish-auburn hair and brown eyes and was reportedly wearing a striped shirt and blue pants. Four people survived the overturning, but Sean and three others—Barry Ritter, Aaron Castle, and Seth Wade—disappeared during the incident.

None of the four missing were reported to have been wearing life vests or survival suits. The United States Coast Guard mounted a search and rescue operation; searchers recovered pieces of the vessel, styrofoam debris, and a jacket belonging to one of the other missing children, but Sean and the others were not found. The prevailing belief in the aftermath was that they succumbed to hypothermia and were carried away by the bay’s currents.

Does anyone have memories of the Sea Castle’s sinking or information about that search in December 1992 that could add detail to the timeline?