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The sailboat – named Calypso, based out of Long Island – faced deteriorating conditions: Its mast had been knocked down by what investigators called a 'rogue wave,' leaving the men onboard desperately in need of immediate help:

Crew members out of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod raced into the waters south of Montauk to save the men. The sailboat – named Calypso, based out of Long Island – faced deteriorating conditions: Its mast had been knocked down by what investigators called a"rogue wave" on Mother’s Day, leaving the men onboard desperately in need of immediate help.

"Once I got down into the boat and assessed the survivors on the boat, I found the best person and then kind of went down the line as far as like injuries go. We had one guy with a concussion, possible skull fracture and a bad laceration to his head, which was the worst off guy," said AST1 Edmund Bizorik."And then there was a guy with broken ribs and everybody was moderately hypothermic at that point.

 

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