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"Tragedy as US tourist, 79, dies while snorkelling"

A 79-year-old cruise ship visitor died on Sunday after slipping into an unresponsive state while snorkelling off the West End. Meyer Shipping confirmed that the man was a US citizen, visiting on the Carnival Fantasy. The victim was part of a tour gro...
Sep 20, 2011
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"US sailor evacuated to KEMH"

A sick man was brought ashore from a US warship yesterday for treatment at King Edward VII Memorial. The US Consulate, which notified Bermuda Maritime Operations of the evacuation, declined to name the vessel. The ship was 120 miles northeast of the ...
Aug 04, 2011
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"Sailor expects to motor in after losing mast"

A lone sailor will continue to Bermuda under motor after his yacht?s mast broke in high winds to the east of the Island. The sailor, whose name and origin are still unknown, refused an offer from a passing merchant ship on Tuesday night to abandon th...
Jul 21, 2011
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"Six rescued from sinking boat"

Six crew members were rescued from a sinking Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) vessel yesterday afternoon. A Bermuda Maritime Operations spokesman said the 28ft Reef Runner, began taking on water in choppy seas 1.5 miles north of Bailey?s Ba...
Jul 21, 2011
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"Sailor returning from Bermuda is found dead"

A 48-year-old sailor travelling from Bermuda to his home in Maine was found dead in Gloucester Harbour, Massachusetts this weekend. According to Gloucester police, David Kendall, from Yarmouth, Maine, had moored his 43.9ft sailboat in East Gloucester...
Jul 14, 2011
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"Rescue authorities plea to boat owners after wasted huge search"

Rescue authorities today criticised boat owners for failing to use essential equipment after two incidents including one which utilised massive resources in a wasted search operation. The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre said today that on Saturday...
Jul 05, 2011
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"Injured crewman brought ashore"

An injured 54-year-old man has been brought ashore from a vessel passing near Bermuda waters. The US national was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital to be treated for injured ribs and heavy bruising. The 57,623 tonne carrier MV Green Lake div...
Jul 01, 2011
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"Day out fishing on a borrowed boat ends in disaster"

A day out fishing proved short-lived for a Devonshire woman and her friend when the fishing vessel Sylvia 16 began taking in water and ended up almost totally submerged a mile from shore. Evar Ingham said she had no idea what went wrong with the unfa...
Jun 29, 2011
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"Pictures capture drama of rescue as couple’s boat sinks"

This is the moment a man and a woman were rescued as their 13ft boat sank. As we reported last night, the couple were rescued as their boat, Sylvia 16, started taking on water approximately one mile off the Oil Docks, near St George’s, yesterday afte...
Jun 28, 2011
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"Two rescued after fishing boat almost capsizes"

Bermuda Maritime Operations reported a “harrowing” police rescue, after a fishing vessel almost capsized in the North Channel. A 44-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman were said to be in good condition last night after summoning help by cell phone. ...
Jun 28, 2011
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"Girl on lilo rescued"

A little girl had to be rescued by boat after she floated off on a lilo into St George’s Harbour. Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre got a call just before 6.45pm on June 20 to say the youngster had drifted off from her home near Wellington Oval. Th...
Jun 28, 2011
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"One year on, family and friends remember ‘Miracle’"

A crowd gathered outside a Princess Street home last night to pay respects, one year after toddler Stanwondae (Miracle) Swan tragically lost his life. Parents Leasser and Stanley Swan opened their doors to the neighbourhood in a celebration of Miracl...
Jun 28, 2011
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