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Forks community embraces grieving family after boating accident claims lives of father, son

Search continues for missing boater Alfonso Graham as community raises over $30,000 to support the Akers family after the fatal capsizing of their drift boat.

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Authorities say 35-year-old Christian Akers and his 7-year-old son Wyatt died Thursday when their drift boat capsized in the Bogachiel River, southwest of Forks.

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Fund set up to help Akers family after boating accident

Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond. SEQUIM — An online fund has been set up for the family of two people who died in the Bogachiel River last week. Fund set up to help Akers family after boating accident Emily Hanson

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Forks community embraces grieving family after boating accident claims lives of father, son

Authorities say 35-year-old Christian Akers and his 7-year-old son Wyatt died Thursday when their drift boat capsized in the Bogachiel River, southwest of Forks.

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