“Deadliest Catch” star Todd Meadows’ mom, Angela Meadows, has issued a tragic plea to the show’s producers, asking them not to show any footage of her son’s fatal accident.
“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. We hope they only air good things of Todd on that boat,” Angela told TMZ Wednesday.
The late reality star’s mom also revealed that she has asked for footage of Todd doing what he loved — crabbing — so they can “have the videos for memories.”
“No words put together can even describe the pain we’re going through and will continue to,” Todd’s sister, Mackenzie, told Us Weekly on Tuesday.
“His boys will see him through pictures, and we will see him through his boys.”
That same day, Todd’s father, Lucas Meadows, shared with Alaska’s News Source that his son “got involved with fishing with me probably from the time he was 3. It’s been a passion of his, his whole life.”
His parents told the outlet that Todd worked for a charter fishing boat in northern Washington for several years before leaving for the Aleutian Lady.
“He had a smile on his face the whole time,” Lucas recalled. “Good day, bad day, didn’t matter. He always had a smile. He loved to fish and loved to watch other people fish.”
Todd died at age 25 on Feb. 25 after he fell overboard while crabbing approximately 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor, the US Coast Guard confirmed to Page Six.
While Todd’s body was recovered by the crew after 10 minutes of being in the water, he was unresponsive and the crew’s attempts to administer first aid and resuscitate him were to no avail.
The crew was filming the Discovery Channel reality fishing show at the time of the sad accident.
Captain Rick Shelford first announced the deckhand’s death in a heartbreaking Facebook post over the weekend, describing it as “the most tragic day in the history of the Aleutian Lady on the Bering Sea.”
In light of his death, Todd’s friends and family have created a GoFundMe to support his three boys.
“I want his memory to be a good memory everywhere,” Angela explained. “It never mattered what anybody had to say about him, good or bad. He wasn’t out there to make friends. He wasn’t out there to click with people. He was just out there to work and to do what he loved.”
