MARATHON, Fla. (AP) -- Four hours into a family fishing trip, rough waves flipped a 22-foot boat off the Florida Keys, tossing eight people overboard. Seven of them, including a 4-year-old girl, survived by clinging to their capsized vessel and a small blue cooler for almost 20 hours, suffering exhaustion, jellyfish stings and hypothermia....
7 Survive 20 Hours At Sea Clinging To Boat, Cooler
By JENNIFER KAY and SUZETTE LABOY, Associated Press: Nation
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 5:10pm
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