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Commercial Boat Capsizes South Of Louisiana, Coast Guard Rescues 6

Severe weather may have caused a 129 foot lift boat to capsize in the Gulf of Mexico, about 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. It's unclear how many people remain at sea.
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle boatcrew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat April 13 searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
Updated April 14, 2021 at 12:22 AM ET

The United States Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels rescued six people from a capsized, commercial lift boat 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, La., in the Gulf of Mexico.

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