Four U.S citizens were rescued from a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean’s Silver Bank waters, located north of the Dominican Republic, after their sailing vessel, Mariposa sank.
The rescue operation involved the U.S. Coast Guard, the crew of the Crowley container ship El Coquí, and fishermen from the fishing vessel Bonanza.
The survivors were identified as David Potts, aged 63, John Potts aged 62, Andrew Cullar, aged 26, and Russel Case, aged 67.
They were forced to abandon their...