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2 fishing crews rescue 10 after boat sinks
01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, September 19, 2004
Two fishing boats rescued 10 people who were stranded in the water yesterday when their charter fishing boat sank in Block Island Sound.
The 42-foot sport-fishing boat Sea Fox sank 4 1/2 miles south of Point Judith around 2:15 p.m., said Coast Guard Petty Officer Fred Buzzell.
Fishermen on a Maine trawler, the Jacquelyn, were nearby and went to the sinking boat. Another charter fishing boat, Midnight Rambler, was in radio contact with Sea Fox and motored out as it was taking on water. With winds gusting up to 50 mph, the fishermen on the two boats pulled the people out of the water before the Coast Guard arrived.
"Those two boats saved those people's lives," Buzzell said.
The Coast Guard escorted the boats to Galilee, where all of the victims were evaluated and released by Narragansett emergency medical technicians. All of them had been wearing life preservers, Buzzell said.
The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the sinking.
-Cathleen F. Crowley
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