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24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer spent nearly two hours in the water as his team rescued 16 survivors from a boat wreck off Mexico's Baja California coast

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What happened 24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean.
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Left / center-left24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

Philadelphia Inquirer · Center-left · News report

Center24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

Washington's Top News (WTOP) · Center · News report

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Philadelphia InquirerNews report · Oct 24, 2:49 AM

24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer spent nearly two hours in the water as his team rescued 16 survivors from a boat wreck off Mexico's Baja California coast

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Washington's Top News (WTOP)News report · Oct 24, 2:49 AM

24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer says he fought waves and darkness to rescue 16 people from ocean

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican coast. The for...

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Oct 24, 2:49 AM: Philadelphia Inquirer joined the source map.

Oct 24, 2:49 AM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 0/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.