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Photo Release

Date: May 10, 2011

Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell

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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Rescued crewmen brought to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod after rescue at sea

Photo of Coast Guardsmen and rescued crewman talking
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a man rescued from the 45-foot disabled sailboat, Eva, 120 miles offshore of Nantucket, Mass., talks to his rescuers at Air Station Cape Cod, Tues., May 10, 2011. The Jayhawk helicopter crew and a Falcon jet crew, both based at the air station, were dispatched to assist the two-person crew after they contacted the Coast Guard Command Center in Boston via satellite telephone stating that their sailboat had lost its mast, was taking on water and vessel's dewatering pumps were not operating. Coast Guard photo.
Photo of rescued crewman talking with Coast Guardsman
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a man rescued by a Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape talks with one of his rescuers, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Hopkins, after landing at the air station, Tues., May 10, 2011. The crew of the sailing vessel Eva contacted the Coast Guard Command Center in Boston via satellite telephone stating that their 45-foot sailboat had lost its mast, was taking on water and vessel's dewatering pumps were not operating. Coast Guard photo.
Photo of Coast Guardsman walking with rescued crewman
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Alejandro, left, walks one of the two men rescued by the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod Jayhawk helicopter crew 120 miles off the coast of Nantucket, Mass., Tues., May 10, 2011. BOURNE, Mass. - From left to right Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Delgado, Chief Petty Officer Randall Rice, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Hopkins and Lt. j.g. Andrew Lund, pose for a photo after rescuing two men from a disabled sailboat approximately 120 miles offshore of Nantucket, Mass., Tues., May 10, 2011. The crew of the sailing vessel Eva contacted the Coast Guard Command Center in Boston via satellite telephone stating that their 45-foot sailboat had lost its mast, was taking on water and vessel's dewatering pumps were not operating. Coast Guard photo.
Photo of Coast Guardsman and EMT worker assisting rescued crewmand to ambulance
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Coast Guardsman and an EMS worker assist a man recently rescued by a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod Jayhawk helicopter crew to a waiting ambulance at the air station, Tues., May 10, 2011. Another man was also rescued by the helicopter crew after their 45-foot sailboat, Eva, became disabled and began taking on water 120 miles offshore of Nantucket, Mass. Coast Guard photo.
Coast Guardsmen pose for photo in front of Jayhawk helicopter after rescue
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, from left to right Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Delgado, Chief Petty Officer Randall Rice, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Hopkins and Lt. j.g. Andrew Lund, pose for a photo after rescuing two men from a disabled sailboat approximately 120 miles offshore of Nantucket, Mass., Tues., May 10, 2011. The crew of the sailing vessel Eva contacted the Coast Guard Command Center in Boston via satellite telephone stating that their 45-foot sailboat had lost its mast, was taking on water and vessel's dewatering pumps were not operating. Coast Guard photo.

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