“Everyone was stable and in good condition,” the Coast Guard said after the Nov. 7 rescue
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- The Coast Guard said five members of a sailboat were rescued after their vessel took on water off Cape Hatteras on Nov. 7
- A helicopter recovered the victims from a life raft
- The maritime agency didn’t state what led to the boat sinking
Five people were rescued after their sailboat sank hundreds of miles off a North Carolina cape, authorities said.
The incident happened on Friday, Nov. 7, about 260 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras, the maritime law enforcement agency stated in a news release.
The victims were from Connecticut and Rhode Island and were headed to the Bahamas when the sailboat, Magic Bus, sank, CT Insider reported. The Coast Guard did not mention what caused the sailboat to sink…