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May 13, 2008 5:48 am US/Eastern
Crew Member Dies After Del. Boat Rescue
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ―
The Coast Guard confirms that one of two crew
members has died after being taken from a research vessel that foundered off
the Delaware
coast during Monday's storm.
The crewman had no heartbeat or respiration
when a Coast Guard rescue helicopter responded late Monday morning to a
distress call from the Russell W. Peterson, about 14 miles off Rehoboth Beach.
Both crew members were taken to Peninsula Regional
Medical Center
in Salisbury, Md., where hospital personnel later declared
one dead.
The vessel, which was christened just six weeks
ago in Wilmington, is owned by Aqua Survey Inc.
of Flemington, N.J. Company
president Ken Hayes said in a statement Aqua Survey will work with the Coast
Guard and other agencies to salvage the vessel.
Bluewater Wind, which is trying to win state approval
to build an offshore wind farm, was using the Russell Peterson to study migratory
bird routes in the Atlantic Ocean off Rehoboth Beach.
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