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Posted by StriperChaser on February 16, 2005, 9:21 pm POSTED: 2:44 pm EST February 12, 2005 NAGS HEAD -- Three fishermen were rescued early this morning after their 72-foot boat began taking on water about 18 miles south of Oregon Inlet.The Coast Guard says an emergency call came in about 3 a-m from the captain of the boat reporting the trawler Anna Marie had lost its shaft packing and was quickly taking on water. The engine of the Morehead City-based boat was completely swamped. A Coast Guard helicopter arrived at shortly after four a-m and lowered two pumps to the boat. The fishermen used rags to stem the leak. After the flooding was controlled, the boat was towed to Diamond Shoals, near Cape Hatteras. The Anna Marie's sister boat, Alice Marie, also based at Morehead City, was scheduled to rendezvous with the crews and tow the boat to Fort Macon.
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Coast Guard Rescues Fishermen Off N.C. Coast
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