Keith Colburn’s Health: What’s Going On With ‘Deadliest Catch’ Star?

One of the stars of Deadliest Catch, Keith Colburn, has fans acrophobic astir his health. 

Fans watched connected successful fearfulness arsenic Keith experienced a aesculapian exigency astatine oversea close successful beforehand of his world amusement cameras. 

The amusement has shown conscionable however perilous and stressful Keith’s occupation is successful the past, but this latest crook of events has galore wondering if he’ll beryllium capable to continue. 

Or if helium adjacent should!

Keith Colburn has a aesculapian exigency during an occurrence of ‘Deadliest Catch’ (Discovery/ID/Yotube)

Captain Keith Colburn Has Medical Emergency astatine Sea

During the October 1 occurrence of the milestone 20th play of Deadliest Catch, fans watched successful fearfulness arsenic Captain Keith Colburn collapsed portion retired astatine sea.

What started arsenic an aggravated statement with his member Monte ended with uncovering Keith slumped successful the wheelhouse, unresponsive. When helium yet came around, helium motioned to his near side, saying it was numb and helium couldn’t consciousness his arm. 

With tears successful his eyes, Keith watched connected arsenic his member desperately steered the vessel backmost to Saint Paul Harbor. Monte besides spent a bully chunk of clip connected the enactment with a aesculapian team, arsenic the fearfulness was Keith had a imaginable changeable oregon bosom attack. 

 An ambulance met the vessel to rapidly medivac him to doctors. That’s wherever the occurrence ends, but not Keith’s story. 

Keith Colburn attends Keep it Clean to payment Waterkeeper Alliance connected March 1, 2018 successful Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images for Waterkeeper Alliance)

Remembering Captain Phil Harris

What made this occurrence and the full occurrence truthful unnerving, for the unit and fans, is the information that everyone had lived done the aforesaid script before. 

Fourteen years ago, Captain Phil Harris suffered a changeable astatine sea. Captains Sig Hansen and Jake Anderson watched connected with Keith conscionable arsenic they had with Phil. 

Though Captain Phil was airlifted from St. Paul Island, Alaska from the boat, the medics didn’t get to him successful time. 

He sadly died 11 days later. 

Deadliest Catch’ skipper Keith Colburn be the 2012 UJA-Federation Of New York’s Leadership Awards Dinner astatine 583 Park Avenue connected April 3, 2012 successful New York City. ((Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images))

Captain Keith Colburn’s Health Today 

As of now, Captain Keith Colburn has not publically addressed the illness connected his societal media.

Fans person been acrophobic that helium suffered a changeable similar Captain Phil oregon a bosom attack. 

However, filming took spot months earlier the occurrence aired, and since that time, Keith has been posting connected societal media. He adjacent made an quality astatine the  Portland Seafood & Wine Festival  successful March of 2024. 

So, immoderate happened to him, helium seems to person made capable of  a recovery. What we don’t cognize is if he’ll instrumentality for different play aft what happened. 

That remains to beryllium seen. The October 8 occurrence should explicate much of what happened next.