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Commando raid followed Honduran drug shooting
BusinessWeek
Police said the helicopters were following a load of cocaine that had been unloaded from a plane and was being transferred to a boat on the river when they were fired on from the ground. They shot back in self-defense. DEA spokeswoman Dawn Dearden said ...
Hunt for trafficker terrorizes Honduran villagersThe Associated Press

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Authorities urge boating safety after Jet Ski tragedy
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Taryn Luna / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The rush of water roaring over the 10-foot drop of Dashields Dam falls into an hydraulic boil at the bottom, described as a deadly washing machine-like effect that sucks water down 28 feet to the base of the Ohio ...

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How to Survive a Rushing River
Wall Street Journal
In one case, he had to escape his boat in a hydraulic—a punishing river feature that keeps a person underwater. Kayakers call this being in a Maytag (as in a washing machine) or getting window-shaded (spun again and again). The whitewater kept beating ...

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Boston.com
Families of Philadelphia 'duck boat' victims get $15M settlement
CNN
By Sarah Hoye, CNN A tugboat towing a barge crashed into a sightseeing "duck boat" on the Delaware River in July 2010, killing two tourists. Philadelphia (CNN) -- The operators of two vessels involved in the "duck boat" accident on the Delaware River ...
Judge urges settlement in duck-boat trialPhiladelphia Inquirer

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Serious injuries and damage after bike, boat & car crashes
Sydney Morning Herald
In a motorcycle incident in Dianella, a man lost his ear after losing control of his machine and crashing. The45-year-old man had been travelling at speed west along The Strand and was not wearing a helmet when he came off his bike yesterday afternoon.

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Telegraph.co.uk
Deadly California sailing accident survivor urges new safety rules
Montreal Gazette
TIBURON, California - One of three survivors from a fatal California yacht wreck said the moments he spent overboard felt like he was in "a washing machine filled with boulders," and that five crew mates who died might have been saved had they worn ...
California Yacht Accident Survivor Wants More Focus on SafetyClaimsJournal.com

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Mystery of fatal yacht race accident continues
OCRegister
Brewer raced the same night of the Aegean, and he's come to believe that the boat smashed into a sheer cliff at the tip of North Coronado island, where the Aegean's GPS-based tracking system made its last transmission around 1:30 am on April 28.

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FOX6Now.com Milwaukee
Families of Philadelphia 'duck boat' victims get $15M settlement
FOX6Now.com Milwaukee
PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — The operators of two vessels involved in the “duck boat” accident on the Delaware River two summers ago have reached a $17 million settlement with the victims and the families of the two Hungarian students who died that day.

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Sailing Mystery Unsolved: Court Declares Jim Gray Dead
InformationWeek (blog)
Both a Coast Guard boat and helicopter were on the scene within the hour, but five crew members died in the mishap; one survivor likened the experience of floating in the water just off the rocky shore to being in "a washing machine filled with ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
California sailing tragedy prompts suspension of ocean racing
Reuters
By Ronnie Cohen | FAIRFAX, California (Reuters) - The US Coast Guard said on Thursday it has suspended sailboat racing in the Pacific Ocean off Northern California following a yachting accident that killed five people west of San Francisco earlier this ...
Yacht racing off Californian coast suspendedTelegraph.co.uk

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