Todd Meadows ‘Was Lifeless,’ ‘Turning Blue’ as Crew Tried to Save ‘Deadliest Catch’ Star Before His Death

New details regarding the death of Deadliest Catch deckhand Todd Meadows are coming to light.

Trey John Green III — one of the men aboard the Aleutian Lady when Meadows fell overboard and died on February 25 — told Page Six in an interview published Thursday, March 5, that the water was “only a degree or two above freezing” when Meadows fell in.

Green, 30, said he ran to the back of the boat when everything unfolded. “I see Todd. He’s floating, he’s swimming,” Green recalled, adding that Captain Rick Shelford turned the boat around to get closer. “Todd’s still alive, he’s still swimming, he’s still trying to hang in there.”

When the boat got next to Meadows, a “designated rescue swimmer” named Steve Porter — who “was already geared up and was already in the diving suit,” Green said — tried to rescue him.

“When Steve jumped in the water, the harness that was attached to the crane actually broke,” said Green, explaining that crew members eventually got a life sling into the water to assist in Meadows’ rescue.

Meadows was “halfway up” when he “fell back into the water,” Green said. After that, he added, Meadows was “lifeless” amid the rescue mission.

While Green recalled that Meadows was in the water for only “three or four minutes” before he was lifted back onto the boat, he was already “turning blue” as foam allegedly emerged from his mouth and nose. Green said CPR and other life-saving measures were performed, but nothing worked.

“After a half hour, 45 minutes of trying to save him, Captain came down and said, ‘Guys, it’s not gonna work,’” Green said.

An official cause of death has not yet been released, and the U.S. Coast Guard’s investigation reportedly remains ongoing.

“When somebody’s life is on the line, it’s kind of, like, all the training and everything — you try to do the best you can. And everybody did do — I just want to reiterate that — everybody did everything they could do,” said Green, who claimed Meadows was not wearing a lifejacket.

Green previously confirmed that Discovery Channel cameras were “filming” at the time of the incident. On Wednesday, Meadows’ mother, Angela Meadows, told TMZ, “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.”

Meadows was a rookie deckhand who was filming his first season of Deadliest Catch when he fell overboard from the vessel, approximately 170 miles north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

“We are deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Todd Meadows,” the Discovery Channel said in a statement. “This is a devastating loss, and our hearts are with his loved ones, his crewmates and the entire fishing community during this incredibly difficult time.”

Meadows is survived by three young sons.