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NEWS ABOUT: Nick Schuyler

Nick Schuyler stories: 7 news summaries

(Newser) - The fishing boat that capsized earlier this month leaving three football players presumed dead was improperly anchored, the AP reports. After interviewing the lone survivor, a Florida agency has determined that when the passengers attempted to free the anchor by gunning the boat’s motor, the craft was swamped and... More »

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Florida • NFL • Gulf of Mexico • Arab Israeli conflict • anchor • fishing boat • report • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler • William Bleakley • capsize • state agency

 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

(AP) - The family of NFL player Marquis Cooper said today they have decided to discontinue their search for the 26-year-old man and two friends still missing in the Gulf of Mexico. In a statement, Bruce Cooper said his family is beginning the healing process, and needs time to be together and... More »

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Florida • NFL • Gulf of Mexico • boat accident • Marquis Cooper • Nick Schuyler

(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

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

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