Four U.S. Citizens Rescued After Sailing Vessel Sinks In Atlantic Ocean

Four U.S citizens were rescued from a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean’s Silver Bank waters, located north of the Dominican Republic, after their sailing vessel, Mariposa sank.

The rescue operation involved the U.S. Coast Guard, the crew of the Crowley container ship El Coquí, and fishermen from the fishing vessel Bonanza.

The survivors were identified as David Potts, aged 63, John Potts aged 62, Andrew Cullar, aged 26, and Russel Case, aged 67.

They were forced to abandon their vessel after it struck a submerged rock and was hit by a large wave. This caused the vessel to roll on its side. After striking another rock, the Mariposa’s hull was breached, and the ship began taking on water.

The waves flooded the vessel, and it eventually sank. The Mariposa was on a voyage from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Portofino, Texas, with a planned stop in Key West, Florida.

The Coast Guard Sector San Juan Command Center received an unregistered 406 Emergency Positioning Radio Beacon (EPIRB) signal on Tuesday morning.

The Coast Guard immediately launched an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, …

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