A Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Station Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, takes aboard a man after transferring him from his 33-foot sailboat about 20 miles east of Ocracoke Inlet, Dec. 5, 2017. The man called for help over VHF-FM channel 16 at 3:34 when his boat began taking on water, and crews from Station Hatteras Inlet and Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City responded. ( Coast Guard

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