CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (WNCN) — Five people were saved from a sinking sailboat off the coast of North Carolina Thursday, the United States Coast Guard said.

Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center received a distress call from those onboard a vessel located 260 nautical miles offshore from Cape Hatteras, according to the USCG. Crew members reported the sailboat, called Magic Bus, was taking on water. They told the Coast Guard they were abandoning ship and getting into their life raft. • A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City rescued five individuals from a life raft after their sailboat, Magic Bus, began taking on water 260 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 6, 2023. The Coast Guard coordinated w

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