Five Fishermen Missing After Sword Boat Capsizes Off Nova Scotia

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Water vapor image of the storm last night off Nova Scotia, Canada. Via Stu Ostro, Senior Meteorologist at The Weather Channel, click for larger

In a wicked storm off Canada late last night, fishermen on a swordfish and halibut boat activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) which alerted the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax to an unknown and desperate situation unfolding 70 miles off the Canadian coast.

At first light, a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter and two Coast Guard vessels were dispatched to the scene of the distress call.

The 13.5-meter vessel was found capsized shortly thereafter, along with a nearby life raft, yet there was no trace of the 5 crew.

“I don’t have any hope right now,” George Hopkins told CBC News. His son, 27-year-old Joel Hopkins, is the father of two young children.

 

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9 Responses to Five Fishermen Missing After Sword Boat Capsizes Off Nova Scotia

  1. avatar Mac Mccrodden says:
    February 19, 2013 at 3:07 am

    I'm assuming, without a vessel name, that it's Canadian. Still. God be with…

  2. avatar Fred Pickhardt says:
    February 18, 2013 at 10:31 pm

    This event is tragic since this storm was well forecast days in advance. http://oceanweatherservices.com/blog1/2013/02/14/western-north-atlantic-storm-likley-sunday-monday/djec

  3. avatar Mann Verma says:
    February 19, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    may god help them.

  4. avatar Watermen Virginia's Eastern Shore says:
    February 19, 2013 at 6:55 pm

    God bless them and their families….

  5. avatar Sailor Al says:
    February 24, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    May they RIP.

  6. avatar Sailor Al says:
    February 24, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    May they RIP.

  7. avatar Mac Mccrodden says:
    February 24, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    Nothing further??

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