Alaska boy who survived 62 hours at sea ‘tried to hang onto’ bodies of brother, cousin — while kin reveal what saved him

Source: New York Post

An Alaska teen desperately tried to hold onto the bodies of his brother and cousin after they died in a  boat capsize — with the boy himself only surviving the excruciating 62 hours at sea by praying, family said. Derek Parker Aghnaanga, 15, “tried to hang onto [his brother and cousin] as long as he could after they drowned,” his aunt, Colleen Walker, wrote on a GoFundMe page supporting the family. Aghnaanga had been fishing for halibut with his older brother and cousin when their small skiff overturned near St.