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Boaters who went missing on a fishing trip were rescued by the US Coast Guard as they fended off shark attacks
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By Jennifer Henderson and Tina Burnside, CNN A fishing trip turned into a rescue mission over the weekend when three people became stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for more than a day after their boat sank, with two of them fighting off shark attacks before help arrived, officials said.
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Three people fend off sharks while being rescued from sunken fishing boat
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Boaters who went missing on a fishing trip were rescued by the US Coast Guard as they fended off shark attacks
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from
The U.S. Coast Guard witnessed a scene straight out of "Jaws" on Sunday, Oct. 9, when it found the crew of a sunken fishing boat fighting off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Coast Guard says two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from waters off the Louisiana coastline.
Three people were pulled from the water off Louisiana on Sunday, about 28 hours after their boat sank. Two of them had injuries to their hands, the Coast Guard said.
By Jennifer Henderson and Tina Burnside, CNN A fishing trip turned into a rescue mission over the weekend when three people became stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for more than a day after their boat sank, with two of them fighting off shark attacks before help arrived, officials said.
Two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from waters off the Louisiana coastline, the Coast Guard said.
(CNN) — A fishing trip turned into a rescue mission over the weekend when three people became stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for more than a day after their boat sank, with two of them fighting off shark attacks before help arrived, officials said.
U.S. Coast Guard personnel rescued three fishermen, two dealing with shark-caused hand injuries and one with hypothermia symptoms, 25 miles offshore from Louisiana.
The U.S. Coast Guard said its crews had worked to rescue three missing boaters offshore from Louisiana over the weekend. The boaters were fending off sharks.
