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Emergency Crews Locate Distressed Boater Within Minutes On Lake Waccamaw
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 16, 5:13 PM EDT
updated Oct 16, 6:04 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WWAY and WSFX-TV, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Emergency crews located a distressed boater within minutes and rescued them from a sinking vessel on Lake Waccamaw, WWAY and WSFX-TV reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 16, 6:19 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
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Official Confirmation
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