Coast Guard Rescues 4 From Life Raft in the Gulf of Mexico

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Coast Guard rescued four fishermen from a life raft at about 7:40 a.m. Friday after their 32-foot commercial-fishing vessel began taking on water and sunk 32-nautical miles west of Clearwater, Fla. Capt. Darren Stanwood, 44, of Orlando, Fla., Tom Hunter, 46, of Zephyrhills, Fla., Dennis Grimm, 53, of Madeira Beach, Fla., and Lisa Mercer, 42, of Hudson, Fla., were aboard the Lady Juanita, homeported in Madeira Beach, when the crew noticed that the vessel was riding low in

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