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3 Rescued After Dive Boat Sinks Near 1888 Shipwreck Off Long Island 3 Rescued After Dive Boat Sinks Near 1888 Shipwreck Off Long Island
3 Rescued After Dive Boat Sinks Near 1888 Shipwreck Off Long Island Three people were rescued after their diving boat sank near the site of a shipwreck off the coast of Long Island. It happened at around 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, nearly three miles southwest of Long Beach. The US Coast Guard Sector Long Island responded after receiving text messages saying a boat was taking on water near the SS Iberia shipwreck with three people in the water. A crew from the agency’s Jones Beach station arrived and retrieved two divers and the vessel’s master from the water, officials said. The vessel master told them that the boat sank rapidly but he managed to escape th…

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