Anthony Raymond Fettinger, 57, disappeared from the freight vessel President Madison on April 10, 1989, while the ship was about 300 miles west of the Queen Charlotte Islands in the North Pacific. Reports say he was knocked overboard from the deck; a life ring was thrown but neither Fettinger nor the preserver were seen again.

The crew’s immediate response was followed by a report to the Alaska State Troopers in Anchorage on April 11, 1989, who opened an investigation and kept the file active. There has been no recovery of his body or the life ring and no public information about what specifically caused him to go overboard.

Did anyone who sailed on that route in 1989 or who served aboard President Madison have details about conditions on deck that day or what might have happened?