3 Togiak men die in boating accident after successful hunt

Coastline in Togiak, March 2015. (Photo courtesy of City of Togiak)
Families were gathered to mourn Sunday in Togiak after the bodies of three men lost in a boating accident had been recovered from beaches near the village.
James Toots, 39, Eric Coopchiak, 31, and Larry Arnariak, 29, died Saturday after their skiff overturned in heavy seas crossing the bay from the Togiak River back to the village. The men were returning from a hunting trip upriver and had three moose onboard, according to famil