{"id":2316610,"date":"2026-03-07T01:19:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2316610"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:19:35","slug":"deadliest-catch-cast-member-details-horrific-circumstances-that-led-to-todd-meadows-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/deadliest-catch-cast-member-details-horrific-circumstances-that-led-to-todd-meadows-death\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Deadliest Catch&#8217; cast member details horrific circumstances that led to Todd Meadows&#8217; death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A \u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d cast member is revealing how Todd Meadows <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/02\/celebrity-news\/deadliest-catch-star-dead-at-25\/\">died after going overboard<\/a> into the ocean while inside a 900-pound pot.<\/p>\n<p>Deckhand Trey John Green III gave Page Six a detailed account of what he claims happened aboard the Aleutian Lady fishing vessel on the Bering Sea approximately 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor in Alaska in the late afternoon of Feb. 25.<\/p>\n<p>According to Green, the notoriously treacherous water was actually \u201ccalm\u201d that day, even though it was \u201conly a degree or two above freezing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green told us that many of the boat\u2019s crew members had taken turns getting into the pots \u2014 baited, rigid traps used to catch shellfish \u2014 to sift through crabs retrieved from the ocean.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A \u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d cast member is revealing how Todd Meadows, pictured here, died after going overboard into the ocean while inside a 900-pound pot. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Deckhand Trey John Green III, seen aboard a boat, gave Page Six a detailed account of what he claims happened aboard the Aleutian Lady fishing vessel on the Bering Sea on Feb. 25. <span class=\"credit\">Trey John Green III\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Green alleged that fellow deckhand Meadows, 25, was still inside one of the pots when it went \u201cover the rail\u201d and back into the water, claiming the other crew members screamed when they saw what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things that none of us really understand. I don\u2019t know what happened,\u201d Green, 30, explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s what Todd was doing. The pot is sitting in the launcher, and Todd was actually inside the pot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green emphasized that Meadows was \u201cin the right place at the right time,\u201d \u201cdoing exactly what he was supposed to be doing\u201d when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Green alleged that fellow deckhand Meadows, pictured here on a boat, was still inside one of the pots when it went \u201cover the rail\u201d and back into the water. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Green emphasized that Meadows, pictured here throwing crabs into the ocean, was \u201cin the right place at the right time,\u201d \u201cdoing exactly what he was supposed to be doing\u201d when the accident occurred. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re like, \u2018Holy crap, he\u2019s gonna sink to the bottom. We\u2019re not gonna have any way to get this pot back up,&#8217;\u201d Green recalled thinking, adding that he immediately ran to the back of the boat, climbed on top of the pots and saw Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow, some way, I don\u2019t know \u2014 he was a fighter because he made it out of that pot,\u201d he marveled, noting that Meadows was \u201cswimming\u201d and \u201ctrying to hang in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Green, Meadows was in the water for only \u201cthree or four minutes\u201d before their designated rescue swimmer, Steve Porter, got his \u201clifeless\u201d body back on the boat. What followed for the next \u201chalf hour, 45 minutes\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/05\/celebrity-news\/inside-deadliest-catch-crews-desperate-attempts-to-save-todd-meadows-before-death\/\">was an attempted rescue<\/a>, as Page Six previously reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cSomehow, some way, I don\u2019t know \u2014 he was a fighter because he made it out of that pot,\u201d Green marveled, noting that Meadows (seen holding a fish) was \u201cswimming\u201d and \u201ctrying to hang in there.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>According to Green, Meadows was in the water for only \u201cthree or four minutes\u201d before their designated rescue swimmer got his \u201clifeless\u201d body back on the boat. <span class=\"credit\">captainrick.shelford\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An official cause of death has not yet been released. Notably, Meadows\u2019 mother, Angela Meadows, told TMZ that her son\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/04\/celebrity-news\/deadliest-catch-star-todd-meadows-suffered-scary-injury-on-the-job-before-his-tragic-death\/\">took a blow to the head<\/a>\u00a0while working aboard the Aleutian Lady about a month before he died. He suffered a concussion and spent a week recovering at home in Washington before returning to work. It\u2019s unclear whether that head injury played any kind of role in his death.<\/p>\n<p>As for Green, he explained to us that the crew was about \u201c12 hours away\u201d from Dutch Harbor when they exhausted all rescue efforts, which included performing CPR and using a defibrillator. He said they then made the difficult decision to wrap Todd\u2019s body in a tarp, place it in the freezer to preserve it and head back to town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody did everything they could do,\u201d Green insisted before admitting that none of the crew members \u2014 including Todd \u2014 were wearing a lifejacket.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>What followed for the next \u201chalf hour, 45 minutes\u201d was an attempted rescue of Meadows (pictured here), as Page Six previously reported. <span class=\"credit\">Todd Meadows\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>An official cause of death for Meadows, posing with a fish above, has not yet been released. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Green went on to claim that \u201ceverything\u201d that happened on the boat that day\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/04\/entertainment\/deadliest-catch-to-resume-filming-days-after-todd-meadows-died-in-treacherous-conditions-at-sea\/\">was caught on camera by Discovery Channel<\/a>, which was on the tail end of filming for Season 22 of its popular reality series \u201cDeadliest Catch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reached for comment, a rep for the network told Page Six, \u201cThis <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/03\/celebrity-news\/tragic-details-of-deadliest-catch-star-todd-meadows-death-revealed\/\">remains an active US Coast Guard investigation<\/a>. We are assisting in their efforts and cannot comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a rep for the USCG told us that the organization is \u201cinvestigating the case to determine the causes and provide the necessary feedback to prevent similar accidents from reoccurring.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cEverybody did everything they could do,\u201d Green, sitting on the edge of a boat, insisted before admitting that none of the crew members \u2014 including Meadows \u2014 were wearing a lifejacket. <span class=\"credit\">Trey John Green III\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Green (pictured here) claimed that \u201ceverything\u201d that happened on the boat that day\u00a0was caught on camera by Discovery Channel, which was on the tail end of filming for Season 22 of its popular reality series \u201cDeadliest Catch.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Trey John Green III\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Coast Guard Investigating Officer is currently working with a team of qualified marine casualty investigators to compile evidence. The Investigating Officer will then create an official account and timeline of the incident to determine: (1) the cause or contributing factors, (2) evidence of misconduct or negligence, (3) whether there was a failure of material, and (4) if any personnel from the Coast Guard or other government agency caused or contributed to the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis process is vital to drawing accurate conclusions and initiating any necessary corrective actions to prevent similar accidents and casualties from occurring in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rep said \u201cfindings will not be disclosed while the case is open\u201d and that the USCG \u201cdoes not assign a timeline for completing an investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201cDeadliest Catch\u201d cast member is revealing how Todd Meadows died after going overboard into the ocean while inside a 900-pound pot. 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