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NJ Saltwater Fisherman => News and Information => Topic started by: Pfishingruven on June 11, 2012, 05:29:02 PM
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Reports by various news agencies that a yacht the "Blind Date" with 21 people aboard had some type of explosion injuring 9 victims. Most of the victims are suffering from burns. USCG Cutter and Helo on scene transporting victims/survivors back to shore. They are using Sandy Hook CG Station/Ft Hancock as shore point for transfers and the Staging Area. They have requested multiple Medevacs, BLS/ALS Ambulances and supporting Fire Apparatus!
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I just saw this, prayers for all of them. nosmly
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NJ.com Coverage (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/sandy_hook_boat_explosion.html)
NBC New York Coverage (http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Sandy-Hook-Yacht-Accident-Explosion-158484725.html)
ABC News Coverage (http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=8697455)
Fox News Coverage (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/11/rescue-effort-underway-after-yacht-explodes-off-new-jersey-coast/)
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Watching now.... its just terrible .... god watch over them and all the familes... they are all in for a long hard run.... 2nd and 3rd degree burns... omg its just terrible...
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Not good nosmly
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Fox 5 news just reported that the boat has actually yet to be found. 5 helicopters searching.
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At 6:15 5 helicopters and at least 2 boats from CG and various Law Enforcement still can not find anything at all, not even debris. I'm beginning to have some suspicion. 5hrug
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Prayers to the victims and their families.
nosmly
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First off as I said my thoughts and prayers with the victims.
This may be because I have been cooped up for the last 3 weeks and am just delirious, but something about this doesn't smell right. They just reported 3 of the helicopters and 7 ambulances just left the scene. Apparently this is the boat:
http://www.njcharters.com/brochure/charter/yacht/BLIND%20DATE/5477
And this is also the boat:
http://www.superyachttimes.com/editorial/21/article/id/5750
Maybe it's me but I find a 160 foot diesel powered boat (coincidentally for sale) exploding to bits leaving absolutely no debris to be seen from a 2 hour search and rescue a bit curious.
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5hrug..something smells fishy...4 sale 31 million..nah couldn't be rofla..... chrz
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Ah man... Not good...
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This is definitely looking more and more like a hoax...HOW RIDICULOUS!!
nosmly smk
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Wow
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:headscra: :headscra:
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If it is a hoax, which I am sure it is it is just another reason to hate people.
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:headscra: nts 5hrug ::) nosmly smk ::) fcp
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Well.... its a hoax...(watching news now ) I think many of us thought this; sadly at one point... even a hr in to it when they didn't find the boat, life boats or one single thing, no debris at all, other boats on site it became fishy. I hope they find the SOB's that did this. OVER 200 first responders... even from capecod!!!!! All those rescue services could have been saving people that were really in trouble! And who's paying for the hoax!! Over 100,000.000 dollars!!!! The lil people..you and I.There are 4 boats registered with that name..all accounted for. WOW!!! I still give KUDOS to the USCG and the other emergency teams that did respond. They were ready!!! Now...if we could only find the A**HOLES that did this.... >:D >:D
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nosmly
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Just the thought of someone doing that makes you sick nosmly
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Well.... its a hoax...(watching news now ) I think many of us thought this; sadly at one point... even a hr in to it when they didn't find the boat, life boats or one single thing, no debris at all, other boats on site it became fishy. I hope they find the SOB's that did this. OVER 200 first responders... even from capecod!!!!! All those rescue services could have been saving people that were really in trouble! And who's paying for the hoax!! Over 100,000.000 dollars!!!! The lil people..you and I.There are 4 boats registered with that name..all accounted for. WOW!!! I still give KUDOS to the USCG and the other emergency teams that did respond. They were ready!!! Now...if we could only find the A**HOLES that did this.... >:D >:D
My gues is well over a million dollars not to mention the potential disasters that could've happened to responders. Not including USCH assets there were 6 MedEvac helicopters on-scene. Cleary with that many aircraft and other ground apparatus responding to a single location the recipe for an accident was there.
Here is a picture of the MedEvac staging area (my helicopter is the cool red/whit/blue one at the top in the middle).....
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My wife is a nurse over at robert wood hospital in new brunswick. she called me to say she going to be late because they called for a trauma overhead and to be prepared for medivaced victums and they were preparing a triage (sp???) for all these victums. these bleeping bleepy bleep bleeps will hopefully be caught. >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
if they are, screw the fines and the jailtime. place them in a blow up inner tube and toss them into the middle of the ocean with bait tied to there legs.
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NJ.com article had this-
Last June in Sandy Hook Bay, the Coast Guard and several agencies spent 10 hours searching for a 33-foot sailboat named Courtney Lynn and four passengers after a man called on VHF Channel 16 saying he was taking on water. The call turned out to be false.
a year ago, same guy? Hopefully nobody needed service elsewhere that didn't get it!
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nosmly nosmly Just all of it is unbelievable!!!
Cool Helli!!!!! slt Kudos to you fellinger!!!!
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I dont understand how a ship that size could not be found, once the cg's knew the name of the vessel couldnt they have made there location
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nosmly Some more news nosmly
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/audio_distress_call_from_hoax.html
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nosmly Some more news nosmly
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/audio_distress_call_from_hoax.html
OMG that is W R O N G wrong!!!!! I am actually realllly angry about it too! >:D >:D[/color]
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I hope they catch these people.... nosmly nosmly >:(
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While fishing the Raritan bay last night around 7pm a NYPD chopper head towards us from Keyport and hovered by my boat less than 100' away looking at us. We did not know what was going on? 5hrug
Then they left and hovered over every boat in sight checking them out and eventually left the area..
Turns out that the phoney call came from the Raritan bay area.
let's hope they catch this guy.
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Here is a picture of the MedEvac staging area (my helicopter is the cool red/whit/blue one at the top in the middle).....
That is a sweet ride. TT^
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Here is a picture of the MedEvac staging area (my helicopter is the cool red/whit/blue one at the top in the middle).....
That is a sweet ride. TT^
And fast! The fastest in the state ;) Over 200mph ground speed.
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Here is a picture of the MedEvac staging area (my helicopter is the cool red/whit/blue one at the top in the middle).....
That is a sweet ride. TT^
And fast! The fastest in the state ;) Over 200mph ground speed.
Does it have outriggers ???
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The latest I have heard is the call came from a land line, from SNY or New Jersey and there were two calls, both with different details and by the second call the USCG began to think it was a hoax... possibly by the same guy that did one similar last yr. The whole this is rotten. FRY THEM!!!