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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Michael Casey,Rodrique Ngowi and Patrick Whittle

REVEALED: Coast guard launches search for missing fishing boat off massachusetts coast | Vintage Vibes

Rescuers are battling howling winds and frigid temperatures in their efforts to locate survivors. - (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A commercial fishing vessel, carrying a crew of seven, is presumed to have sunk off the Massachusetts coast, prompting an intensive, round-the-clock search by the U.S. Coast Guard. Rescuers are battling howling winds and frigid temperatures in their efforts to locate survivors.

The 72-foot Lily Jean issued an alert early on Friday morning, approximately 25 miles off the port of Gloucester. Following the distress signal, Coast Guard teams quickly located a debris field near the alert, alongside the grim discovery of a body in the water.

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