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 900 Pulled From 
 Sinking Filipino 
 Ferry, 60 Missing 

Five dead, 63 missing after fiasco in Philippines

Sep 6, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(AP) - A ferry carrying nearly 1,000 passengers sank in the southern Philippines early this morning, leaving at least five dead and more than 60 missing. The Superferry 9 began to list before dawn about 9 miles off Zamboanga del Norte province, rousing terrified passengers from their sleep and throwing some... More »

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shipwreck • Philippines • rescue • missing boater • navy • ferry

 NFL Boaters 'Freaked Out' 
 in Just Hours: Final Report 

Survivor told Coast Guard companions 'freaked out,' threw punches 

Mar 17, 09 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two NFL players may have died only hours after the boat they and two friends were on capsized, according to a Coast Guard report released to the AP. Sole survivor David Schuyler told the Coast Guard that one man "freaked out," took off his life vest, and disappeared... More »

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Coast Guard • Gulf of Mexico • missing boater • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley

 Private Search 
 for NFL Players 
 Wanes 

Family asks volunteer boaters to keep looking

Mar 5, 09 10:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The private search for two missing NFL players and their friend off Florida's coast is winding down, 2 days after the official rescue ended. The family of Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper asked volunteer boat captains to keep looking, but—compared to the dozens of boats combing the area yesterday—... More »

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Florida • NFL • fishing • missing boater • search and rescue • Marquis Cooper

(Newser) - The apparent lone survivor of the boat accident that has left three football players missing gave investigators a harrowing version of his ordeal, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Nick Schuyler says the two NFL players with him gave up hope within hours of each other, stripped off their life jackets,... More »

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Florida • boat • Gulf of Mexico • missing boater • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley

 Families Launch Private Search for NFL Players 

Coast Guard search was called off yesterday, and they were presumed dead

Mar 4, 09 5:14 PM CST
(AP) - The families of the missing football players aren't giving up. Private boats and planes were searching today for two NFL players and a third man after the Coast Guard called off its search yesterday. The men—Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, NFL defensive lineman Corey Smith and former South Florida... More »

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Florida • NFL • Coast Guard • missing boater • fishermen • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • William Bleakley

(Newser) - The Coast Guard has ended its search for two NFL players and another man whose boat overturned Saturday off the Florida coast, CNN reports. Presumed dead are Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, former Detroit Lions player Corey Smith, and a former college football player, William Bleakley. A fourth man was... More »

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Florida • Coast Guard • missing boater • fishermen • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • William Bleakley

(AP) - The father of an NFL player among three men lost at sea said today the Coast Guard's hopes of finding survivors off the Florida Gulf Coast are waning. Bruce Cooper, father of Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, says he still has hope. But the Coast Guard told families privately that officials... More »

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NFL • NCAA football • Coast Guard • missing boater • fishing boat • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper

OPINION

 Gulf of Mexico: 
 More Deadly 
 Than We Think 

10-foot seas, 40-mph winds, hypothermia threaten

Mar 3, 09 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - People may imagine the Gulf of Mexico as a “pond,” but they’ve never seen it “get nasty” in a cold front, writes Terry Tomalin in the St. Petersburg Times. Boaters, like the missing NFL players, can face 10-foot seas and and 40-mph winds. “All it... More »

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Florida • Gulf of Mexico • missing boater • boating • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley

(AP) - The missing fishing buddy rescued today off Florida's Gulf Coast told rescuers the boat was anchored when it flipped Saturday evening in rough seas and that the others got separated from the craft. The boat belongs to Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, who along with free-agent defensive lineman Corey Smith... More »

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Coast Guard • Gulf of Mexico • missing boater • search and rescue • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley • capsize • lost at sea

 NFL Players' Pal Found 
 Clinging to Boat off Fla. 

Nick Schuyler was with missing NFL players

Mar 2, 09 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the men who was with a pair of NFL players missing off the Florida coast was found alive today, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Coast Guard pulled Nick Schuyler off a boat he was clinging to west of Tampa Bay; there was no word on any of... More »

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Florida • missing boater • boating • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler

 No Distress Signal From 
 Missing NFLers: Coast Guard 

Lion, Raider were fishing off Gulf Coast

Mar 2, 09 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The Coast Guard got no distress signal from a missing fishing boat carrying NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and two friends off Florida's Gulf Coast, the AP reports. “That's not to say they didn't send one out," said an official. "We didn't receive anything”—... More »

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NFL • NCAA football • fishing • Coast Guard • missing boater • missing person • fishing boat • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper

Coast Guard Seeks Missing NFL Players

They went fishing with friends in Fla. and
never returned

Mar 1, 09 5:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The Coast Guard is scanning choppy waters off Florida's Gulf Coast for two NFL players and their friends, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Corey Smith of the Detroit Lions and Victor Cooper of the Oakland Raiders went fishing with two friends yesterday and never returned. Their 21-foot boat is "... More »

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Search for Missing Cruise Woman Suspended

Family believes she jumped from ship

Dec 30, 08 1:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The search for a woman missing from a cruise ship off Mexico since Christmas has been suspended, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Jennifer Ellis-Seitz of is believed to have gone overboard from the Norwegian Pearl near Cancun in what may have been a suicide. Her husband—arrested in April for... More »

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(Newser) - The FBI is looking into the disappearance of a Florida woman who was reported missing from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, Fox News reports. Jennifer Seitz’s husband reported her missing, and the Coast Guard says surveillance video shows a woman going overboard. Meanwhile, a... More »

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FBI • Coast Guard • Cancun • Gulf of Mexico • cruise ships • missing boater • missing person • search and rescue • Jennifer Seitz

 15 Dead in Brazil Ferry Accident 

Dozens still missing after early morning tragedy

May 5, 08 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A ferry taking passengers home from a nighttime party capsized yesterday in Brazil, killing at least 15 people, AP reports. Dozens more were missing in the Solimoes River, one of the Amazon's largest tributaries. Most of those killed were women. Some passengers swam to shore and others were picked up... More »

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Brazil • death • boat • missing boater • boat accident • Amazon

Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs
in Prison

Inmate says man confessed to aiding
in four murders

Dec 20, 07 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A jailhouse confession could doom two suspects in the murder of four people in the Joe Cool fishing boat case, the AP reports. A fellow inmate says suspect Guillermo Zarabozo came clean about the September killings, claiming that accomplice Kirby Archer shot the victims and that Zarabozo dumped the bodies... More »

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Cuba • murder • extradition • missing boater • pirates • confession

Wife of 'Dead' Canoeist Behind Bars

Awaiting trial for insurance fraud, mom pleads for reconciliation with her sons

Dec 12, 07 4:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was sent to prison yesterday shortly after she issued a plea through her attorney for a reconciliation with her sons, who publicly disowned their parents after the scandal broke. Anne Darwin is charged with dishonestly obtaining life insurance benefits and a mortgage policy.... More »

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fraud • mortgage • insurance • jail • missing boater • reconciliation • John Darwin • Anne Darwin

'Dead' Canoeist Reappears Again—in Court

Seeking help, police release photo from fraudulent passport

Dec 10, 07 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The British man who faked his own death in a canoeing accident only to resurface 5 years later appeared in court today to face formal charges of fraudulently obtaining a life insurance policy and lying to procure a passport, the Telegraph reports. A hearing date of February 4 was set... More »

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fraud • accident • missing boater • John Darwin • Anne Darwin • court appearance

UK Arrests Canoeist's Wife

Canoeist's spouse apprehended at UK airport

Dec 9, 07 1:29 PM CST
(Newser) - John Darwin's wife was charged with fraud today upon her arrival at the UK's Manchester Airport, the BBC reports. Anne Darwin, the wife of the missing canoeist who turned up after being declared dead in 2002, was flying in from Atlanta, where she had sought refuge when her not-dead-after-all husband's... More »

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UK Cops
Charge Boater With Fraud

Back-from-dead Darwin hid in family home, using secret passage

Dec 8, 07 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - UK cops today charged John Darwin, the 57-year-old former teacher who allegedly faked his death in a 2002 canoeing incident, with two counts of fraud—acquiring a money transfer by fraud and lying to get a passport—the  BBC reports. Darwin will remain in custody until a court appearance Monday;... More »

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fraud • crime • Panama • England • missing boater • John Darwin • Anne Darwin

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