Captain and Four Crew Rescued from Burning Trawler 'Nobska' off Cape Cod
Five fishermen on the New Bedford trawler Nobska are safe after they were rescued by helicopter from the water 85 miles east of Cape Cod.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard First District received an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) notification at 5 p.m. last Friday from the from the 100-foot F/V Nobska, home ported in New Bedford.
U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue service members immediately boarded two aircraft — a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and HC-144 Hercules — at the Cape Cod Air Station and ...
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