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1 dead, 7 boaters survive 20 hours in Florida waters

Yahoo! News 10/10/2011 15:26
1 dead, 7 boaters survive 20 hours in Florida waters - Florida - USA


The U.S. Coast Guard says a commercial fisherman spotted a capsized pleasure boat and led to the rescue of seven people who spent 20 hours floating in choppy seas off the Florida Keys.



The commercial boat rescued three men clinging to the overturned craft and alerted the Coast Guard, which found a 4-year-old girl and three women holding on to a floating cooler on Sunday. An 80-year-old woman was missing and presumed drowned.

The Coast Guard says the boaters weren't wearing life jackets when their craft capsized in wavy, rainy waters on Saturday.


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