More Details About Deadliest Catch Star Todd Kochutin's Death Have Come To Light

Newly released and emotional video footage shows how the "Deadliest Catch"ships came to learn about Todd Kochutin's passing. The beginning of the Discovery clip shows Captain Bill Wichrowski informing other ships through radio that a medivac was needed on the Patricia Lee. "Hopefully it's not Todd," Wichrowski said.Responding to an urgent distress call, a member

Newly released and emotional video footage shows how the "Deadliest Catch" ships came to learn about Todd Kochutin's passing. The beginning of the Discovery clip shows Captain Bill Wichrowski informing other ships through radio that a medivac was needed on the Patricia Lee. "Hopefully it's not Todd," Wichrowski said. Responding to an urgent distress call, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard then said, "My main concern is whether or not he's alert and awake." 

At that point, Landon Cheney, a deck boss who was close friends with Kochutin, told film cameras, "I can't keep losing friends." Not long after, it was confirmed that the injured individual did not make it; shortly thereafter, his identity was sadly confirmed as Kochutin's. Cheney learned of his friend's passing after looking at Kochutin's aunt's Facebook page. "His aunt just posted that her only living nephew, Todd, just passed away." Wiping tears away, Wichrowski replied, "This is a cold hard reminder of what could happen." 

Crab fishing is considered extremely dangerous. In fact, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, commercial fishing is the deadliest occupation in the United States, with 29 times the national average of deaths each year, per the CDC

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