更新时间：2026年3月19日 / 美国东部时间上午7:23 / CBS/美联社
一艘拖船的两名船员死亡，另有两人受伤。海岸警卫队周三称，上周末在阿拉斯加东南部一艘停泊的驳船上发生了一起”密闭空间事件”。
海岸警卫队新闻稿对这四人的遭遇提供的细节有限，但表示周日他们在货运驳船”韦恩霍号”(Waynehoe)的密闭空间内时，来自拖船”楚科奇海号”(Chukchi Sea)的其他船员与他们失去了联系。该驳船停泊在凯奇坎西北约25英里处。
海岸警卫队确认，遇难船员分别是西德尼·莫霍罗维奇(Sidney Mohorovich)和本·福勒(Ben Fowler)。其新闻稿未透露幸存船员的姓名。海岸警卫队发言人亚历山大·兰瑟(Alexander Ransom)随后在电子邮件中告诉美联社，两名幸存者情况均良好。
28岁的莫霍罗维奇的父母表示，海岸警卫队官员告知他们，密闭空间内存在甲烷气体。
“我们不知道导致所有人进入密闭空间的一系列事件的原因，也不知道他们是同时发生意外还是分阶段发生的，”托德·莫霍罗维奇(Todd Mohorovich)在华盛顿州塞德罗-伍利的家中通过电话告诉美联社，”我没有这方面的信息，但可以告诉你们的是，那个密闭空间里有高浓度的甲烷气体。”
他不清楚气体来源或为何会存在。海岸警卫队尚未立即回复寻求确认甲烷气体存在的电子邮件。
托德和伊娃·莫霍罗维奇(Todd and Eva Mohorovich)上周六晚上最后一次与儿子通话，当时他告诉他们即将有恶劣天气。”他说驳船所在的位置可以躲避那场风暴，”托德·莫霍罗维奇说。
这张由莫霍罗维奇家族提供的未注明日期的照片显示，西德尼·”西德”(Sid)·莫霍罗维奇在华盛顿州德明市手持一条鱼。莫霍罗维奇家族提供/美联社
船员们原计划执行常规甲板任务，以确保风暴来临前一切准备就绪。
联邦法规将船舶上的”密闭空间”定义为”尺寸小且通道有限的舱室，如双层底舱…或其他因尺寸小和封闭性而容易产生或加剧危险暴露的空间”。这可能包括缺氧情况。
海岸警卫队阿拉斯加首府朱诺指挥中心的值班人员于周日当地时间上午9:14收到了紧急求救信号，称”楚科奇海号”船员与驳船失去了联系。在海岸警卫队赶赴现场期间，拖船船员找到了一名遇难者的遗体，并帮助两名幸存者逃离了密闭空间。
随后，该驳船被拖往凯奇坎，在那里”密闭空间得以安全清理，以回收第二名遇难船员的遗体”，兰瑟告诉美联社。
死亡原因尚未公布，遗体已被送往安克雷奇进行尸检。
“我们向受此次悲剧影响的船员家属和同事表示最深切的哀悼，”阿拉斯加东南部海岸警卫队区域指挥官斯坦利·菲尔兹(Stanley Fields)船长在一份声明中说，”这令人心碎地提醒我们，船舶上的密闭空间可能含有极其危险、肉眼无法看见的隐患。”
西德尼·莫霍罗维奇刚刚在汉密尔顿海洋建筑公司开始新工作一个月。
该公司未回复寻求置评的消息。
莫霍罗维奇是一名大型设备机械师，这是他在阿拉斯加的第一份工作。他与未婚妻住在华盛顿州德明市，计划6月举行婚礼。
他此前曾是一名伐木工人和焊工，在此之前还学习过房屋建造和电气工作。”他几乎什么都能弄明白，”他的母亲说。
“他深受许多人的喜爱，”伊娃·莫霍罗维奇谈到儿子外向的性格时说，”他是个出类拔萃的人，聪明、风趣、充满爱心。”
他父亲表示，他乐于助人，在很多方面都很无私。
“我们真的很感激他的为人，”托德·莫霍罗维奇说，”无论现在这场悲剧如何，我们都不会改变共同生活的这段经历。如果我们要改变什么，可能会引发我们无法预料的其他变化。”
Coast Guard investigating “confined space” deaths of 2 crew members on barge off Alaska
Updated on: March 19, 2026 / 7:23 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Two crew members of a tugboat were killed and two others were injured in what the Coast Guard described Wednesday as a “confined space incident” aboard a barge moored in southeast Alaska last weekend.
A Coast Guard news release provided limited details about what happened to the four, but said they were in a confined space aboard the freight barge Waynehoe on Sunday when other crew members from their tug, the Chukchi Sea, lost contact with them. The barge was moored about 25 miles northwest of Ketchikan.
The deceased crew members were identified as Sidney Mohorovich and Ben Fowler, according to the Coast Guard. Its news release didn’t identify the surviving crew by name. Coast Guard spokesperson Alexander Ransom later told the Associated Press in an email that both survivors were reported to be in good condition.
The parents of Mohorovich, 28, said they were told by Coast Guard officials there was methane gas present in the confined space.
“We don’t know why the series of events that led to all the people being in the confined space, if they all like went down as a team or in separate stages,” Todd Mohorovich told the AP by phone from his home in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. “I have no information on that, but what I can tell you is that the confined space had high levels of methane gas in it.”
He did not know the source of the gas or why it was present. The Coast Guard did not immediately respond to an email seeking confirmation of the presence of methane gas.
Todd and Eva Mohorovich last spoke to their son Saturday night when he told them about impending bad weather. “He said that the barge was in a spot where they were going to be able to be sheltered from that storm,” Todd Mohorovich said.
This undated photo provided by the Mohorovich family shows Sidney “Sid” Mohorovich holding a fish in Deming, Washington. Mohorovich family via AP
The crew planned to perform normal deck duties to make sure everything was secured ahead of the storm.
Federal regulations define “confined space” on a vessel as “a compartment of small size and limited access such as a double bottom tank … or other space which by its small size and confined nature can readily create or aggravate a hazardous exposure.” That could include a lack of oxygen.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s command center in Alaska’s capital Juneau received a mayday call at 9:14 a.m. local time Sunday, informing them that the crew of the Chukchi Sea had lost contact with the barge, the Coast Guard said. The tugboat crew recovered the body of one of the victims and helped both survivors escape the confined space while the Coast Guard was on its way to the scene.
The barge was then towed to Ketchikan, where the confined space “was able to be safely cleared for the recovery of the second deceased crew member,” Ransom told AP.
The causes of death were not released, and the bodies were sent to Anchorage for autopsies.
“Our deepest condolences are with the families and colleagues of the crewmembers affected by this tragic incident,” said Capt. Stanley Fields, commander of the Coast Guard sector for Southeast Alaska, in a statement. “This is a heartbreaking reminder that confined spaces on vessels can contain extremely dangerous, invisible hazards.”
Sidney Mohorovich was one month into his new job with Hamilton Marine Construction.
The company didn’t return a message seeking comment.
Mohorovich, a large equipment mechanic, was on his first job in Alaska. He lived in Deming, Washington, with his fiancee ahead of their planned June wedding.
He previously was a logger and welder, and before that he learned how to build houses and do electrical work. “He could pretty much figure anything out,” his mother said.
“He was loved by so many,” Eva Mohorovich said of her son’s outgoing personality. “Just an exceptional human being, smarty, witty, funny, loving.”
It was in his heart to lend a hand to people in need, and he was unselfish in so many ways, his father said.
“We’re just really thankful for who he was,” Todd Mohorovich said. “I wouldn’t change a thing in the life that we’ve all shared together, regardless of this the tragedy at this time. If we were to change something, it would lead to other changes that we don’t know about.”
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