Residents of the Town of Fortune are rallying around the family of a man whose body was recovered this week following a fishing tragedy off Nova Scotia.
The man, Michael Drake, was one of six crewmen on board the Chief William Saulis, which went down off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia.
The search for the five remaining crew has been called off.
Fortune Mayor Charles Penwell says the Burin Peninsula has seen its share of tragedies at sea. It wasn’t that long ago when the nearby town of St. Lawrence was left reeling with the loss of four crab fishermen in Placentia Bay. He says the region has a long fishing history.
Penwell is offering his deepest condolences to the families in mourning and expects that the people of Fortune will rally around with their support as they are known to do.
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