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25 Apr 2014

USCG Aids Rescue of 3 Sailors and a Dog off Bermuda

The USCG coordinated the rescue of three people and a dog Thursday, April 23, 2014 off Bermuda. The three people were rescued by the good Samaritan crew aboard the Tilda Kosan, a 351-foot tanker, after the 49-foot sailboat, the Blue Pearl, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo by crew of the Tilda Kosan provided to the U.S. Coast Guard)

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) coordinated the rescue of three people and a dog Thursday approximately 900 miles northeast of Bermuda. Rescued was 29-year-old Henri Worthalter of Belgium, 55-year-old Leonard Rorke of the United Kingdom, 50-year-old Lisa Rorke of the United Kingdom and Dexter, a Jack Russell Terrier, after the 49-foot sailboat, the Blue Pearl, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. The USCG said its 5th District Command Center watchstanders were contacted at approximately 6:30 p.m.

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