One Dead, 3 Missing as Freighter Overturns
Associated Press
MIAMI —
A crew member was killed and three others were missing in the Atlantic Ocean after a 165-foot freighter capsized Wednesday, apparently due to shifting cargo, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Three other men stranded on the hull of the Haitian-registered Aristeo and a fourth in the water were rescued by Coast Guard helicopter 35 miles offshore, Petty Officer Brenda Toledo said.
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