The Bounty sinks again
US COAST Guard helicopters have plucked 14 crew members of a replica tall ship called the HMS Bounty out of the sea in the midst of Hurricane Sandy, but two others were missing.
The daring rescue in waters off North Carolina came after the crew abandoned ship, donning cold water survival suits and life jackets and launching two canopied life boats into the howling sea.
The Coast Guard, responding to a distress call, dispatched a C-130 airplane and established communications with the crew. That plane was later joined by two MH-60 rescue helicopters from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
She was a fine ship yaaar. Unfortunately there is now a 3 mile slick of shredded coconut headed toward the coast.
