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Date: July 14, 2008
Contact: Petty Officer
Lauren Jorgensen
(617) 223-8515

Plymouth charter boat distress call available
Audio file of charter boat Capt. John & Son's mayday call to the Coast Guard

BOSTON - Click the image above to be redirected to the audio file of the distress call from the crew of the Plymouth, Mass., charter boat Capt. John & Son.

Five Coast Guard boats responded when the 77-foot whale-watching vessel, which was carrying 35 people, reported heavy amounts of smoke coming from the engine while they were six miles off Gurnet Lighthouse in Plymouth, Mass., about 8:30 a.m., today.

Additional details can be found on the press release

 

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