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Florida crew recounts ‘miraculous’ Atlantic rescue of plane passengers as fuel ran low
A U.S. military rescue crew in Florida described their 'quite miraculous' operation to save all 11 people from a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean, even as they themselves had to hastily leave the scene with just five minutes of fuel remaining. The survivors — all adults from the Bahamas — had been huddled on a single life raft for about five hours, unaware that help was coming. The helicopter crew made nine lifts to bring everyone aboard, reaching 'bingo time' — the fuel cutoff — just as the last person was pulled to safety.