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4 missing divers rescued by U.S. Coast Guard off Carolina coast
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Four missing divers off the Cape Fear, NC coast were found alive Monday morning.
According to a Coast Guard spokesperson, they were rescued by Coast Guard and US Navy assets.
In a news release on Monday afternoon, the Coast Guard explained what led up to the rescue:
"A Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 Hercules airplane crew notified Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders at 12:45 a.m. that they had spotted an SOS-strobe light, located the four missing divers, and launched a life raft. The HC-130 coordinated with the U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), which was conducting a training exercise near the divers’ location to assist. The Porter crew arrived on scene and rescued all four divers safely from the life raft."
The four men were first reported missing Sunday (8/13) afternoon about 63 miles east of Myrtle Beach.
They were reunited with their family early Monday morning.
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