The Nation : 2 Sailors Missing From Sunken Freighter

Two sailors were missing after a 652-foot freighter en route from Greece apparently sank in rough seas 400 miles southeast of Cape Cod. Twenty-three other crew members from the Star of Alexandria were found on a lifeboat and picked up by the merchant ship Ravenscraig, Coast Guard Petty Officer Randy Midgett said in New York. “They’re all in good shape, some minor cuts and scrapes,” Midgett said. The two missing sailors were believed to be on a life raft, which was the object of a hunt by the Ravenscraig and five Navy and Coast Guard planes, officials said. The Star of Alexandria had been en route to New York with a load of cement when it began taking on water in 12-foot seas and winds up to 35 m.p.h., Midgett said.