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Coast Guard suspends search for missing NFL players
Coast Guard searching for missing boat with NFL players
Reported by: Chad Cookler Email: ccookler@abcactionnews.com Last Update: 11:18 am CLEARWATER, FL -- The Coast Guard is searching for a missing fishing boat about 50 miles off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Coast Guard officials, the 21-foot fishing boat left from a boat ramp in Clearwater Pass Saturday about 6:30 am with 4 people on board. A dispatcher told ABC Action News 3 of them are NFL players. One of the plays for the Detroit Lions, and one plays for the Oakland Raiders, the dispatcher said. The boaters were supposed to return sometime after dark but never did, officials said. A friend called the Coast Guard at about 1:30 am and reported them missing. Officials say the waters in the gulf are extremely choppy and they believe the boat is in distress. Air and marine crews from the Sand Key and Clearwater Coast Guard stations are searching a 750 square mile area west of Clearwater Pass. http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/lo...SanyO4BZA.cspx |
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St. Petersburg Times is reporting that the survivor told authorities that the three missing men took off their life vests 3-5 hours after the boat capsized and 'drifted away.'
This story is getting weird.
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heard an account a few years back from a sailor who was aboard the uss indianapolis. he said some of the crewmen got the idea in there heads that if they dived down below the thermocline the water would be fresh and ok to drink.
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A lot of them drank salt water...that's some nasty stuff...
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http://www.coldwaterbootcamp.com/pages/1_10_60v2.html A tall lean male in water around 65 degrees (~16 celsius) might last less only ~4 hours, but a fatter individual might last 25 hours. |
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