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MASSEYS LANDING, Del.-
The Coast Guard rescued seven men from a life raft about 70 miles off the coast Monday after their fishing boat sank.
A rescue helicopter crew lifted the men from the raft and put them aboard a Coast Guard cutter. They appeared to be in good health, the Coast Guard said.
The men had left on a 50-foot boat Friday. The crew said it abandoned ship after the boat hit a black object around midday Saturday and began taking on water.
The fishing boat, The Chief, was reported missing about noon Sunday. A Coast Guard helicopter, a C-130 airplane and the cutter searched a 10,000-square-mile area.
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