The Deadliest Catch has released heartbreaking footage of Todd Meadows .
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The Deadliest Catch has released heartbreaking footage of Todd Meadows days before his death at sea aged 25.Meadows - who was thrown overboard aboard Captain Ri...
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Meadows - Captain Rick Shelford's Aleutian Lady fishing vessel in February- told the cameras that it was one of his 'dreams' to work in Alaska.
The Discovery show released a minute long behind-the-scenes clip in memory of the fallen deckhand on Friday.
In it Meadows could be seen tending to some of his deckhand duties off of the fishing vessel as he said: 'We are ready to get out there and get fishing.
'It's been one of my dreams and goals to make it up here. I’ve been to Alaska a few times, but never to fish, just to vacation and to hang out with family. And everything up here that I have experienced so far is just so much bigger. Everything is scaled up. Smells different, feels different.'
The most heartbreaking part of the video comes when he talks about his three young children and also the massive risk of a job like this.
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The Deadliest Catch has released heartbreaking footage of Todd Meadows days before his death at sea aged 25
Meadows - who was thrown overboard aboard Captain Rick Shelford's Aleutian Lady fishing vessel (pictured) in February- told the cameras that it was one of his 'dreams' to work in Alaska
Meadows said: 'There's a lot of risk that comes into it but just want my kids to know that I want them to work toward your dreams and goals.
'Don't let anything slow you down. Yeah it's gonna be fun. I am just fortunate that I fell in love with it.'
The Discovery show released a minute long behind-the-scenes clip in memory of the fallen deckhand on YouTube Friday
In it Meadows could be seen tending to some of his deckhand duties off of the fishing vessel as he said: 'We are ready to get out there and get fishing
The most heartbreaking part of the video comes when he talks about his three young children and also the massive risk of a job like this
The clip began with a quote from former US President John F. Kennedy
Per the document, Meadows's body was cremated after being transported back to Anchorage. He is survived by his wife and three young children.
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An investigation into Meadows's death by the Coastguard is still ongoing - with his family previously voicing their hopes for 'justice' for the star.
It was previously revealed that Meadows was in the water for 'three or four minutes' before crew members were able to get him back on the boat, but by then he was already 'turning blue' with foam emerging out of his mouth and nose, Green told Page Six last month.
The entire incident was reportedly , as the crew performed CPR for 45 minutes in a vain attempt to revive him before the Captain halted the rescue efforts.
The Daily Mail previously reached out to the Discovery Channel and Captain Shelford for comment.
'We got him on the boat as fast as we possibly could; it just wasn't enough,' Green said, adding that Meadows's body was then wrapped in a tarp and placed in a freezer to preserve it.
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Green described the usually treacherous Bering Sea as 'flat' and 'calm' on that day, and said the weather was 'actually good.'
He added that the incident happened in the late afternoon when the sun was still out and visibility was high.
Deadliest Catch star Todd Meadows died at sea in February, aged just 25
Meadows died after falling overboard on February 25, despite a desperate rescue attempt by his crewmates aboard Captain Rick Shelford's Aleutian Lady fishing vessel
He said the water was 'only a degree or two above freezing' and the 'outside temperature was below freezing.'
Green alleged that Meadows went overboard after an incident with one of the vessel's shellfish pots - a type of fishing trap.
Meadows allegedly suffered a traumatic brain injury at work just weeks before his untimely death. Above, with his mother, Angela Meadows
'We don’t want to see any footage from the accident and do not want Discovery to air any of that footage or make money off of our son's death,' she told the publication. 'We hope they only air good things of Todd on that boat.'
Instead, she revealed the family has asked for clips of Todd crabbing at sea so they can remember him doing what he loved and 'have the videos for memories.'
A GoFundMe launched to support the boys has already raised more than $61,000.
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