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    Coast Guard rescues Austrian boater from life raft in the Atlantic Ocean

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    Coast Guard rescues Austrian boater from life raft in the Atlantic Ocean

    SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

    02.05.2017

    Photo by Ricardo Castrodad 

    U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan

    Austrian boater Wolfgang Sloma, 56, at Coast Guard Air Station Boriquen in Puerto Rico, after he was rescued Sunday by the crew of a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 120 nautical miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sloma was reportedly transiting by himself aboard the 27-foot Austrian-flagged sailing vessel Daphni, when he was forced to deploy and board the vessel’s life raft after the Daphni’s mast partially broke and a hole in the hull caused the vessel to take on water and sink.

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    Date Taken: 02.05.2017
    Date Posted: 02.06.2017 11:59
    Photo ID: 3145860
    VIRIN: 170205-G-ZZ999-002
    Resolution: 4032x3024
    Size: 2.1 MB
    Location: SAN JUAN, PR

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