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BREAKING: 4 P.E.I. CF/V Cadillac Style fishermen rescued off Shippagan, New Brunswick
Four fishermen from Tignish, P.E.I. were rescued 33 nautical miles east of Shippagan, N.B. Sunday morning after their vessel took on water. JTF Atlantic says a distress signal came from the vessel’s beacon after 4 a.m. A Cormorant helicopter, a Hercules aircraft, a Coast Guard vessel and another fishing vessel in the area responded. The fishermen were airlifted to the Charlottetown Airport and arrived there by 8 a.m. They were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown to be checked out. Read the rest here 10:34