ATLANTIC CITY (CBS 3) ― At least two people were killed after a fishing vessel sank off the coast of Cape May on March 24. At least two people were killed after a fishing vessel sank off the coast of Cape May on March 24, 2009. Two crew members were killed and four are missing after a scallop boat sank off the coast of New Jersey early Tuesday morning. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the 71-foot fishing vessel “Lady Mary” went down at about 5 a.m., but crews did not receive a distress call until approximately 7:30 a.m. A helicopter crew from Atlantic City responded to the emergency beacon, finding an unmanned life raft 75 miles off the coast of Cape May. Three crew members were found nearby and plucked from the waters. “We spotted a wood plank and on the wood plank there was the red of a survival […]
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