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Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen Near Montauk Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen Near Montauk
Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen Near Montauk Three fishermen were rescued off the shore of Long Island by the Coast Guard. The rescue took place around 9:30 p.m., Sunday, June 27 about 72 miles southeast of Montauk.  Coast Guard officials received a VHF radio call from a 44-foot commercial fishing vessel, the Nite Nurse, reporting the vessel was taking on water and sinking. The Coast Guard issued an urgent marine information broadcast and dispatched a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew, and Coast Guard Cutter Kingfisher to the scene. The Nite Nurse crew was advis…

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