# Death on Great Lakes

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045>\
**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [January 20, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045 "2022-01-20T21:12:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045/1 "2022-01-20T21:12:34Z")

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News going around that a 2M was killed onboard a Laker recently.

[https://boatnerd.com/boatnerd-news-january-20/](https://boatnerd.com/boatnerd-news-january-20/)

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**Author:** ![GLMASailor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/glmasailor/32/1293_2.png) [@GLMASailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/GLMASailor)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045/2 "2022-01-21T00:24:37Z")

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Richard was a friend of mine and classmate from Great Lakes Maritime Academy. This is a tragic loss. He leaves behind a wife and three very young kids. If anyone wishes to help his wife one of our classmates setup a gofundme.

> **[Supporting the family of Richard Gray, organized by Ryan Miller](https://www.gofundme.com/f/supporting-the-family-of-richard-gray)**
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> It’s with a heavy heart that I say my good friend and shipmate Richard Gray passed a… Ryan Miller needs your support for Supporting the family of Richard Gray

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**Author:** ![Menizzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Menizzi](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Menizzi)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045/3 "2022-01-21T03:46:17Z")

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But how did the death happen?

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**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045/4 "2022-01-21T03:46:44Z")

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Sounds like he was hit by a falling chunk of ice.

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**Author:** ![Gl-mate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/gl-mate/32/71822_2.png) [@Gl-mate](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Gl-mate)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045/5 "2022-01-21T17:37:00Z")

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Not all of the details are known yet. But the general understanding is that they where picking up the anchor before heading into Gary and a large chunk of ice fell from the bow and landed on him while he was looking out a port hole to see what was going on with the anchor.

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**Author:** ![whizbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@whizbang](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/whizbang)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045/6 "2022-01-21T19:25:08Z")

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This is terrible, I remember him from school, good guy

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**Author:** ![water](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/water/32/131_2.png) [@water](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/water)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/death-on-great-lakes/62045/7 "2022-01-22T13:46:50Z")

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Very sorry for your loss, and my heart goes out to his family.