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Thursday, September 23, 2004
Five on missing plane named
State labor official among those on aircraft in Alaska
A Washington state labor official and his brother were among five people aboard a missing floatplane in Alaska being sought yesterday by rescue crews.
Coast Guard officials identified the missing as Joe Murphy, senior vice president of the Washington State Labor Council; his twin brother, Jim Murphy; Jerry Balmer; Dick Conig; and pilot Eric Johnson.
Joe Murphy, of Bremerton, is an active member of the labor community.
"He is always there when asked. He always responds when anybody needs anything," said Karen Keiser, communications director for the labor council.
Murphy's brother, Jim, is from Sequim. Johnson is from Sitka, Alaska. Coast Guard officials yesterday did not know the hometowns of Balmer or Conig.
The five were flying in a Harris Air Beaver floatplane, which took off Monday morning from Sitka bound for Baranof Warm Springs, a small community east of the Southeast Alaska town.
A Federal Aviation Administration official reported the plane overdue that afternoon, and an intensive search was begun.
Coast Guard helicopters, the Civil Air Patrol aircraft and private pilots had searched 1,200 miles of shoreline by Tuesday night, according to Coast Guard officials.
The search continued into the night Tuesday using night vision equipment but turned up no sign of the party.
The search resumed yesterday by air and sea along Kruzof Island, Salisbury Sound, Chatham Strait and Peril Strait.
Baranof Warm Springs is less than 20 miles overland from Sitka.
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