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Listen To The Bogus Yacht Distress Call That Sparked An Emergency Rescue

The Coast Guard has released the audio of the distress call that prompted a massive search and rescue mission yesterday afternoon 17.5 miles off the coast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey. The Star-Ledger quotes a Coast Guard spokesman who estimates that the fruitless rescue efforts cost $88,000. [ more › ]
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Coast Guard: Was report of yacht explosion a hoax?

News : Field Notes (11 months ago)

Reports of a yacht explosion off the New Jersey coast may be a hoax, a Coast Guard spokesman told The Associated Press. Coast Guard and law enforcement officials launched a massive search of the area off Sandy Hook but did not find ... Read Post

Coast Guard Suspends Search Off New Jersey Coast After Another Apparent Hoax

United States / New York : Daily Intel (11 months ago)

Less than a week after the fake yacht explosion off the coast of Sandy Hook that cost rescue agencies five hours, $300,000, and a portion of their sanity, a suspicious call prompted the the Coast Guard to dispatch a helicopter twelv... Read Post

Was 'call of distress' about yacht explosion a hoax?

News : Field Notes (11 months ago)

Reports of a yacht explosion off the New Jersey coast is being treated as a hoax, a Coast Guard source told NBC News. Coast Guard and law enforcement officials launched a massive search of the area off Sandy Hook but did not find th... Read Post


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