Tributes pour in for 'wonderful, caring, loving family' as Texas parents and two sons, 11 and 7, are lost at sea off Alaska coast as it emerges eldest son survived brain surgery just three years ago By Taryn Pedler For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:18 BST, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 13:32 BST, 6 August 2024 e-mail View comments Tributes have begun pouring in for a 'wonderful' Texas couple and their two young sons who are lost at sea after their boat capsized off the Alaskan coast. Mary, 37, and David Maynard, 42, as well as their two sons, Colton, 11, and seven-year-old Brantley, were on a 28ft aluminum vessel with four others near Homer on Saturday when it began taking on water at 7pm, according to Travis Magee from the Coast Guard.
The ship - Salty Sea - responded to a radio call for help before rescue personnel were able to save four people stranded in a life raft in the freezing waters but despite tireless efforts from the Coast Guard and Alaska Wildlife Troopers, the Texan family remain missing and are feared dead. The tragedy also comes just three years after young Colton received life-saving brain surgery. Family friend Stetson Chase provided a heartbreaking statement on Facebook Monday on behalf of Mary Maynard’s parents, confirming: 'Mary, David and their babies have not been found.
They have air searches as well as boaters to try to bring them home. This is tragic'. The family of four from Texas love to travel and were visiting friends in Alaska when they got lost at .