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U.S. Coast Guardsmen lift Nick Schuyler from an overturned vessel and into a helicopter 35 miles west of Tampa Bay, Fla., on March 2, 2009. Rescue operations began when watch standers at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., were notified March 1 that Schuyler and three friends had not returned from a fishing trip. The Coast Guardsmen are from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and USCGC Tornado (WPC 14).

U.S. Coast Guardsmen lift Nick Schuyler from an overturned vessel.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen lift Nick Schuyler from an overturned vessel and into a helicopter 35 miles west of Tampa Bay, Fla., on March 2, 2009. Rescue operations began when watch standers at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., were notified March 1 that Schuyler and three friends had not returned from a fishing trip. The Coast Guardsmen are from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., and USCGC Tornado (WPC 14).

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