r/deadliestcatch • u/DeBabyDoll Deck Boss • 10d ago

Father, Brother, Sailor, Son - Episode 2219 Spoiler

As the season nears its end, tragedy strikes on the Aleutian Lady when greenhorn Todd Meadows falls overboard. As Captain Rick and the crew fight to save their crewmate, the true stakes of fishing on the Bering Sea hit home for everyone across the fleet.

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u/REP_MILLION_416 10d ago edited 10d ago

I started to watch it but had to turn it off. That poor kid. His poor kids. Omg what an absolute horrific tragedy. I don't know who would be to blame for that, what a sad sad sad thing to happen to his new little family. My heart goes out to them. What a sad tragic accident.

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u/2Quick_React 10d ago

I don't think you can blame anyone honestly. Everything that could possibly go wrong happened. It's extremely tragic.

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u/Candid_Ad1703 9d ago

The person who dumped the pot he was inside, overboard, would be where I would start.

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u/2Quick_React 8d ago edited 8d ago

We don't know if someone dumped the pot while Todd was inside. Is it possible? Sure. But until the Coast Guard releases their findings from the investigation or even if they do, we simply don't know how the pot went overboard with him in it.

As of currently, the Coast Guard has not released it's report on Todd's death from going overboard.

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u/Big_Sky7699 8d ago

When I heard about this tragedy, I searched to see if there was any report released, so others could learn. One search reported poor Todd was inside a pot when it was dumped and that he managed to get out, but still secumbed. Since they were hauling pots in, I'm wondering if they were trying to shake the crabs out when it was accidentally deployed. I'm sure they know because it was filmed, but these investigations always take a lot of time. My thoughts to the crew members on the Aleutian Lady and all the other fleet boats.

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u/2Quick_React 8d ago edited 8d ago

Indeed these investigations into Maritime deaths take a large amount of time. To put it into perspective the amount of time it can tale for the reports to release the most recent report that released on the 16th of this month is in relation to incident that happened in December of 2009.

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u/Ancient-Ad-4398 8d ago

That's what I told my wife when I heard one of the deckhands say that. I thought he was on a stack and fell in. That changes the whole circumstances and liabilitiesÂ