Coast Guard helicopter crew battles high winds to rescue 9 from grounded fishing boat in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Nine crew members were hoisted to a helicopter off a commercial crab boat amid near gale force winds, strong downward drafts from a nearby cliff and rough seas after the fishing vessel grounded on an Alaska island in the Bering Sea. The Coast Guard said there were no injuri...

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