DATE: March 2, 2009 5:05:28 PM EST

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News Release

Date:
March 2, 2009 

Contact:
Petty Officer Sondra-Kay Kneen
305-965-4672

**Video Release** Coast Guard rescues missing boater off Clearwater

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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Crewmembers from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and the Coast Guard Cutter Tornado rescue Nick Schuyler from an overturned vessel 35 miles west of  Tampa Bay, Fla., Monday, March 2, 2009. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., received a call Sunday around 1:30 a.m. reporting that four friends, Schuyler, Victor "Marquis" Cooper, Corey Smith and William Bleakley did not return from their fishing trip. (Coast Guard video)

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