At first, details were scarce about exactly what happened to Todd Kochutin on the day he died. His official cause of death resulted from "injuries sustained while on board F/V Patricia Lee," according to his obituary, published by Anchorage Daily News. Discovery released footage of Captain Bill Wichrowski of the F/V Summer Bay, as he's informed that the Patricia Lee requires med-evac. Kochutin had worked the Summer Bay in previous fishing seasons. 

Wichrowski and his crew became visibly emotional when they learned that Kochutin had died. Captain Wichrowski called it "a cold hard reminder what can happen ... He was a good hand." According to Kochutin's obituary, he was preceded in death by his parents, as well as his brother and sister. He is reportedly buried at St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church on St. Paul Island, a large, remote island in the Pribilof Islands, off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea.

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