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Search suspended for 4 lost off Wash. coast

Associated Press

  March 12, 2012

The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for four men missing from a fishing trawler off the Washington coast, saying it’s unlikely the men are still alive. Petty Officer Shawn Eggert said crews in Coast Guard cutters and an MH-60 helicopter covered more than 1,300 square miles since the 70-foot Lady Cecelia sent a distress signal early Saturday. He said they’ve searched longer than anyone might have persevered in the water.

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