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| Coast Guard responding to sinking vessel off Mayport coast |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Coast Guard is responding to a 22-foot sinking vessel with four people aboard approximately 10-miles off the coast of Jacksonville Friday. The Coast Guard received the distress call at approximately 12:30 p.m., after the vessel experienced engine failure and began to take on water. A 47-foot motor life boat crew from Coast Guard Station Mayport, Fla., and a Navy search and rescue helicopter crew from Naval Station Mayport are en route to assist the people aboard the sinking boat. All four boaters are reportedly wearing their life jackets. |
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