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Video: 3 fishermen on sinking vessel rescued

Video: 3 fishermen on sinking vessel rescued
5 AT SIX. THIS IS NEWS AT FIVE TONIGHT. AS YOU CAN SEE. ONE, TWO, THREE PEOPLE ARE IN THE WATER. THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE COAST GUARD RESCUING THREE FISHERMEN OFF THE WATERS OFF NANTUCKET. THIS AFTER THEIR BOAT. THE MASCOT, SANK ABOUT FIVE MILES OFF THE ISLAND’S COAST. THE THREE MEN WERE SAFELY HOISTED UP TO THE HELICOPTER. THEY WERE BROUGHT TO HYANNIS
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Video: 3 fishermen on sinking vessel rescued
The U.S. Coast Guard is sharing video that shows one of its helicopter crews rescuing three fishermen who were stranded in the ocean after their vessel sank off the coast of Nantucket.The Coast Guard announced Monday that members from the Brant Point Station on Nantucket and Air Station Cape Cod responded to the sinking of the fishing vessel Miss Kara on Saturday.The fishermen were found in the water five nautical miles off the coast of the Massachusetts island and safely hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter by an Air Station Cape Cod crew, according to the Coast Guard.The Coast Guard said the fishermen were then flown to Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis, where emergency medical services personnel were waiting for them. The condition of the three mariners was not disclosed by the Coast Guard.

The U.S. Coast Guard is sharing video that shows one of its helicopter crews rescuing three fishermen who were stranded in the ocean after their vessel sank off the coast of Nantucket.

The Coast Guard announced Monday that members from the Brant Point Station on Nantucket and Air Station Cape Cod responded to the sinking of the fishing vessel Miss Kara on Saturday.

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The fishermen were found in the water five nautical miles off the coast of the Massachusetts island and safely hoisted into an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter by an Air Station Cape Cod crew, according to the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard said the fishermen were then flown to Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis, where emergency medical services personnel were waiting for them. The condition of the three mariners was not disclosed by the Coast Guard.

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