The Seattle-based fishing boat sank last weekend in the Bering Sea.

Five crew members died in the frigid waters, while 42 others survived.

As many survivors of the Alaska Ranger returned to their homes on Friday, a rescuer spoke with KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Chris Legeros about recovering his own brother.

“It was such a dramatic thing, if Hollywood was making a movie, it would put you on the edge of your chair," said Ed Cook, a fisherman on the Alaska Warrior.

Ed Cook was sleeping on the Alaska Warrior last Sunday, when he got word from his skipper that a sister boat, the Alaska Ranger, was in trouble.

"And he said there's people in the water, and the Ranger's going down, so I said oh my God," said Cook.

Cook said they were 20 miles from the sinking vessel; it took an agonizing two hours to reach her last known location.

"Our guys were up there on the bow of the ship in the freezing spray and cold you know trying to spot survivors in the water and let me tell you it was rough and it was cold," said Cook.

Cook told KIRO 7 it was pitch dark, except for small lights blinking from individual survival suits.

"Like Christmas lights you know, lights on the candle, except they were all spaced out, bobbing on the water."

A Coast Guard helicopter and rescue diver were plucking bodies out of the water.

"And people were screaming and hollering help me, help me and they were saying over here, over here, come over this way you know," said Cook.

The crew of the Warrior was able to reach two life rafts and bring 22 survivors on board. They discovered three bodies, including the chief engineer of the Ranger, Ed's own brother, Daniel Cook.

“They said don't look, don't look, you don't want to look they said it's your brother. I said I had to look, so I undid the strap on the face and said, yeah that's my brother."

Ed Cook said his brother along with the Ranger's captain and mate were the last the leave the sinking vessel, after making sure everyone else was safely off. They didn't have a life raft, and were eventually forced into the freezing water.

"I told my wife I could only hope that I could be as brave as they were, as calm as they were," said Ed Cook.

Ed Cook will always remember having to say goodbye to the brother he loved so much.

"I went over and I kissed him on the cheek, and then I kissed him on the lips. And then I just picked him up and held him. And I said I love you Daniel, I love you and I'll miss you so much. And then I laid him down and then I cried."