[Rhodes22-list] 1 dead, 2 rescued from sinking sailboat off NJ

[Alan Robertson]

Sounds as if the boaters either didn't listen to or heed the NOA weather reports for the area, a esson for us all!

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  From: MichaelT<mailto:mticse at gmail.com> 
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  Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:39 PM
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  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — One person was killed and three others injured,
  including a U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer, when a 44-foot sailboat began
  sinking early Wednesday in rough seas off the New Jersey coast about 100
  miles southeast of Atlantic City.

  Phil Rubright, 65, of Detroit, Mich., was pronounced dead by the Atlantic
  County medical examiner. Rescued were Teresa Garvie, 44, and Kevin Hogan,
  52, both of Mount Pleasant, S.C.

  The three were aboard the sailing vessel Freefall when it sent a distress
  signal around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
  A Coast Guard plane and helicopter were launched from Coast Guard Air
  Station Elizabeth City, N.C.
  The rescue crews located the stricken vessel shortly after 1 a.m., but were
  unable to hoist the passengers from the craft due to extreme weather
  conditions, including rain, high winds and 40-50 foot seas, the Coast Guard
  said.

  A rescue swimmer entered the water and attempted to place Rubright into a
  rescue basket, but a large wave damaged the basket and hoist cable.

  The helicopter crew then deployed a life raft and Rubright was placed in it.
  Another large wave hit the raft, injuring the rescue swimmer and tossing
  Rubright from the raft, the Coast Guard said. The injured swimmer was unable
  to recover Rubright.

  The helicopter crew deployed an emergency recovery device to hoist the
  rescue swimmer from the water, called for assistance and flew to Atlantic
  City to seek treatment for him. The injured swimmer, whose name was not
  released, was treated and released, the Coast Guard said.

  Additional helicopters were then launched from Air Station Atlantic City and
  Cape Cod, Mass., along with three Coast Guard cutters.

  The Cape Cod helicopter crew recovered Rubright from the water and flew him
  to Atlantic City, where he was pronounced dead by the Atlantic County
  medical examiner.

  A second helicopter crew from Elizabeth City hoisted the surviving
  passengers from the boat shortly before 8 a.m. and flew them to AtlantiCare
  Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, where they were treated for mild
  hypothermia, the Coast Guard said.

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