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Coast Guard Picks Up Wounded Man Off Fenwick Island

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush
Published August 21, 2015 at 8:46 AM EDT
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The U.S Coast Guard swooped in to take a man from a commercial fishing vessel to Atlantic City for treatment after suffering a puncture wound.

The vessel was around 35 miles east of Fenwick Island.

The fishing vessel Alaska sent word of the injury to the Coast Guard at around 1:15 p.m. yesterday.

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Don Rush
Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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