8 Saved Near Burning Boat
<i> United Press International</i>
NEW YORK —
Coast Guard helicopters on Tuesday plucked eight people from a life raft near their burning 50-foot sport fishing boat about 50 miles off the New Jersey coast. The burning boat sank shortly after the rescue.
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