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Tragedy off America’s oldest seaport claims 7 lives as fishing boat sinks in frigid waters
Seven people, including a NOAA fisheries observer, died when the Lily Jean sank in harsh winter conditions; the Coast Guard covered 1,000 square miles during the search.
- Early Friday, a beacon from the 72-foot Lily Jean triggered a search about 25 miles off Cape Ann; the U.S. Coast Guard identified all seven victims on Monday with no mayday call.
- Icy temperatures and an approaching nor'easter worsened conditions at sea with 7- to 10-foot seas and freezing spray, making survival and rescue difficult for New England deep-sea fishermen.
- Searchers found a debris field, a body in the water and an empty life raft after crews covered about 1,000 square miles using aircraft, cutters and small boats; coordinators suspended the search Saturday.
- A district-level formal investigation has been opened to examine the sinking, with the Coast Guard identifying captain Accursio "Gus" Sanfilippo, crew members Paul Beal Sr., Paul Beal Jr., John Rousanidis, Freeman Short, Sean Therrien, and NOAA fisheries observer Jada Samitt.
- Gloucester's 400 years of fishing history and ties to The Perfect Storm deepen the loss, while NOAA Fisheries suspended observer deployments until after midnight Wednesday.
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The Lily Jean sinks in frigid waters, and Gloucester is once again a fishing community in mourning
The Gloucester community knows the grief of losing the lives of those who set out from the country's oldest fishing port to sea. "It's one of the most dangerous, treacherous jobs anyone can do," said one person who laid flowers by the city's Fisherman's Memorial.
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Tragedy off America’s oldest seaport claims 7 lives as fishing boat sinks in frigid waters
The seven victims of a marine tragedy that has devastated a storied Massachusetts fishing town included a fifth-generation fisherman, a young federal fisheries observer on her first job at sea and a father-and-son crew duo who all died when their fishing boat, the Lily Jean, sank off America’s oldest seaport of Gloucester.
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