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Sailors lost at sea for 5 months didn't activate emergency beacon, Coast Guard says
 [ABC] Two Hawaiian mariners who say they were stranded at sea for five months had an emergency beacon aboard their sailboat that was never activated, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.Jennifer Appel and Natasha "Tasha" Fuiava, who said they left Honolulu on May 3 aboard aboard a 50-foot sailboat, told Coast Guard officials that they never turned on the boat’s Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) because they never felt "truly in distress," nor did they think the situation was "dire" enough to warrant it, a spokesperson for Coast Guard District 14 confirmed to ABC News on Monday. The EPIRB -- which the Coast Guard confirmed was properly registered -- would have immediately notified search and rescue teams of a vessel in distress, officials said. U.S. Coast Guard and taxpayers asked to retrieve boat, photos, and book manuscripts. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-31 |
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