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“Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks” forged member Captain Charlie “Griff” Griffin died in a boating accident “unrelated to the sequence,” in line with a press release from Nationwide Geographic and Pilgrim Media Group on Thursday.
The US Coast Guard’s North Carolina Command Heart acquired a report of two overdue boaters – recognized as 36-year-old Chad Dunn and 65-year-old Capt. Charlie Griffin – late Sunday night time after the pair left from Virginia Seashore enroute to a Manteo, NC marina for repairs, in line with a US Coast Guard release.
Griffin and his canine Leila have been discovered useless, whereas the seek for Dunn continued for nearly two complete days earlier than the Coast Guard suspended the search off the coast of Oregon Inlet, NC, on Tuesday at round 6:30 p.m., the discharge mentioned.
“We looked for 41 hours, performed 12 search patterns, and coated roughly 400 miles by air, sea and on shore with our native companions to search out Chad and produce him dwelling,” US Coast Guard Cmdr. Corrie Sergent mentioned.
“It is without doubt one of the hardest selections to name off a search, and we provide our deepest condolences to the households and mates affected by this tragic occasion,” Sergent later added.
Based on Nationwide Geographic, Griffin was the captain of the fishing vessel Reels of Fortune and appeared on Seasons 2 by way of 5 of “Depraved Tuna: Outer Banks” together with his son.
“Charlie was identified to all as a spirited fisherman with a giant coronary heart. We be a part of Charlie’s household, fellow forged members and mates in mourning his premature loss,” the Nationwide Geographic assertion mentioned.
Based on the Coast Guard, visibility was solely a little bit over half a mile, seas have been at 4-6 ft, and winds at 10-15 knots when the boys have been reported lacking.
North Carolina Fish and Wildlife will conduct an investigation into the incident.
“Depraved Tuna: Outer Banks” is a derivative of the Nationwide Geographic Channel present “Depraved Tuna,” a actuality sequence about industrial tuna fisherman that premiered in 2012.
The spinoff focuses on tuna fishermen primarily based within the Outer Banks who fish for the Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.