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NEWS ABOUT: William Bleakley

William Bleakley 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

(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

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

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