| 单词 | life raft |
| 例句 | A yellow box hit the water and exploded into a life raft. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z An evacuation slide and life raft are at each door. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z So the sound of helium-pitched cartoon characters had to be the life raft for this sinking ship of awkwardness. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah, and inventors of the life raft, the bullet proof vest, and residential solar heating? Women,” I say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Once we were upright again, some swimmers, who had been dropped into the ocean by one of the Hornet’s helicopters, surrounded us and tied a life raft to our side. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I sighed, grasping on to the idea like a life raft. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Near us, two sailors with axes chopped at lines, and two big life rafts plunged toward the water, which looked blade except for pools of fire from burning fuel oil. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He sputtered and clutched his backpack close to him, both arms wrapped around it like a life raft. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I tried to convince her that I knew what I was doing, but she was still clinging to the steering wheel like some wilting life raft when I got out of the Sunbird. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z My father had thought to teach me this after he had been in a sailing accident and stranded on a life raft for two days. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z With every step, Ekon felt it—the distinct sensation of releasing a life raft and casting himself into unknown waters. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Some of the other sailors had to haul life rafts in the freezing cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z An evacuation slide and life raft are at each door. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She laughed and reached her hand to Bodega, who clasped it like a drowning man would a life raft. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I latched on to it, tightly as a life raft upon a churning ocean. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z For some artists, like Ray Smith, whose “Here/Now” retrospective filled a large gallery on Mana’s sixth floor in March and April, Mana became a life raft after Hurricane Sandy. Mana Contemporary in Jersey City 2013-05-16T20:51:44Z They desperately need actors able to toss them the life raft of a little dignity. | 'Small Craft Warnings': Barroom Dirges of the Working Class 2011-02-22T22:02:02Z She truly admired the man who survived 47 days on a life raft and endured more than two years of torture in Japanese prisoner of war camps — and still overflowed with compassion and forgiveness. Angelina Jolie relies on 'sweat equity' in making 'Unbroken' 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z His body language is tentative and private and he holds on to his guitar as if it is a life raft. Shuggie Otis – review 2012-11-21T14:04:27Z “Thirst,” a short play from 1913, set aboard a life raft on which a dancer, a gentleman and a sailor are stranded, is among the funniest. | 'The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O?Neill Volume 1': Neo Futurists Present Stage Directions From O?Neill Plays 2011-09-13T02:05:01Z “I hadn’t realized how much I used the mirror as a life raft: to see that I at least looked ‘normal’ when things weren’t going well,” she said. ‘Mirror Fasts’ Help Take the Focus Off Yourself 2012-08-14T19:43:02Z I clung to the idea like a life raft. When a Boyfriend Joins the Marriage 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z My friend Sara and I clung together like we were on a life raft bobbing in the Atlantic. Women’s march on Washington D.C.: Bobbing along in a sea of irreverent resistance 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Neither film was perhaps the freshest of offerings, but one player connected the two like a life raft to brighter and better things: Zoë Chao. It's time for Zoë Chao, rom-com sidekick, to take the lead 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z “We don’t worry because we crossed the Bering Strait once,” he eventually said, “and it was quite rough. We hoisted the life raft.” Polish boat sets sail for Northwest Passage 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z In 1946, a curly-haired brunette named Goldie Lippman, who had spent World War II making life rafts in a rubber factory in Ohio, set about looking for a better way to clean her hands. The power of Purell compels you! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “His family was in Turkey, but his father heard there was free dental in Germany, so he put them on a life raft, and now he’s dead. That’s your fault, white man.” The story behind the sudden cancellation of Adult Swim’s Trump-loving comedy show 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z And through this weird obsession with this mystery that lands in their lap, find a life raft in each other. "Only Murders in the Building" co-creator on how Jane Lynch became Charles' stand-in 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z In the wreckage, I clung to my children as if they were life rafts. One upside to the divorce I didn’t want 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Forced to ditch their plane, they spent 34 days in the South Pacific aboard an eight-by-four-foot life raft. George S. Patton sailed off to save the world 75 years ago — and read these novels on the way 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Pulling yourself out of a wild ocean and on to a life raft. Ann Patchett: ‘My best kiss? I kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award’ 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z For some people who make their livings at night, such pay raises have been a life raft. Nightlife Inflation: The Cost of Going Out Is Going Up 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z After his plane plummets into the Pacific in 1943, he survives 47 days adrift in a life raft battling starvation and sharks. Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' mines human spirit, survival 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z These may have looked like life rafts, but they were torpedo boats. The Magazine Business, From the Coolest Place to the Coldest One 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Because as corny and silly as that troupe of aspiring pop singers may be, as dopey as that franchise may seem, right now, they're our life raft in a sea of hurt. "American Idol" is saving my family 2011-03-23T15:55:00Z Like most life raft stories, “Terra Firma” doesn’t hold water. Review: In ‘Terra Firma,’ a Wee Wet Country on the Brink 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z As we drifted off to sleep, I wrapped my arms around him and felt as if I were floating on a life raft in the middle of a peaceful ocean. Modern Love: What a Scale Can?t Measure ? Modern Love 2011-12-01T22:25:17Z “It gave me a community during that time and I really clung to it. It was sort of a life raft for me,” said Landes. The pandemic ruined one musical’s debut plans. Not for long 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Three of the crew survived and made it to a life raft adrift in the Pacific. Louis Zamperini, 'Unbroken' hero: A remarkable life, well told 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The Hawks write-up works a variation on the old desert-island game: Which 10 films from the global archive would you toss into a life raft as your ship sank? Book review: ‘The New Biographical Dictionary of Film’ and ‘Not to be Missed’ Angels was not entertainment but a life raft against hopelessness. Review: An ‘Angels in America’ That Soars on the Breath of Life 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Now entertainment shows are a bobbing life raft holding serious news — and serious people — afloat. Television Review: Brian Williams on ?Rock Center? - Review 2011-11-01T15:53:33Z Seven years later, while serving in the war, his B-24 malfunctioned and crashed, killing most of the crew and leaving Zamperini adrift on a life raft. War hero Louis Zamperini dies, but story will live on in 'Unbroken' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Instead, the bare-bones version of Schumann's biography becomes the listener's life raft, a means of "explaining" the inexplicable. From fact to fantasie: discovering the real Schumann 2013-05-18T08:01:32Z By bringing back Hopper, it's almost like the show is giving Eleven a life raft when it should be throwing her in the deep end and seeing if she sinks or swims. Why "Stranger Things" should have let Hopper stay dead 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z Shockingly, the group’s two life rafts did not at first inflate, The Sun reports, forcing the passengers to swim together for an hour toward the nearest island. Tourists jump into shark-infested sea after boat catches fire 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Certainly, Stella fares better by every possible socioeconomic measure, but she and Kennedy are shipwrecked, bobbing in open water, even if their life rafts are bejeweled. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Also, enormous romper-stomper clown boots, pumps encased in what looked like little inflatable life rafts and a briefcase-like “Money” bag that opened from below. Balenciaga Occupies Wall Street 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z You’ll have to pay for your own tortillas, but when prepared at home, the tortizza can be a delicate slip of a weeknight dream — a life raft when time is of the essence. Say Hello to the Tortizza, a Dinner Life Raft 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Since then it's been hard to forget how the culture media grabbed it like a life raft. Guardian book club: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 2010-10-15T08:42:00Z My husband was starting his new job, and we felt like we’d managed to grab the edge of the life raft just as it was drifting away. Motherlode Blog: Losing the Family Car 2011-10-04T19:05:02Z Based on Yann Martel's novel, the film follows a shipwrecked teenager who is stuck on a life raft with a zebra, a hyena, and a Bengal tiger known as Richard Parker. Gérard Depardieu accused of punching motorist in road rage assault 2012-08-17T12:29:51Z Thankfully, the band did get to play after power was restored - but we started to wonder what people would save if they had to be evacuated from Glastonbury on a life raft? 10 things we learned at Glastonbury 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z In an awards show, where the energy is likely to flag, musical interludes can be life rafts. "Nomadland" wins big at the 2021 Oscars, which made history — and some unfortunate choices 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z After hours of bobbing about on a life raft in the Pacific, Bush was rescued by a submarine, but the other crewmen were never found. Jon Meacham’s ‘Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush’ 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z After a few days of swiping, I had come no closer to meeting any Hugh Grant look-alikes when Millie’s profile appeared like a life raft. I Bet You Think These Songs Are About You 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Gabriel’s voice sounds desperate and exposed, clinging to the melody like a life raft. Peter Gabriel Says, ?I?ll Sing Yours, You Sing Mine? 2010-03-01T22:48:00Z If you see your partner as a life raft right now, you’re not alone. Should You Break Up? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z After the ship's tilt put many life rafts out of service, helicopters had to pluck to safety dozens of people remaining aboard, hours after Schettino was seen leaving the vessel. Couple missing after cruise ship capsizes 2012-01-16T19:46:00Z Because the plane had landed between two ferry terminals, rescue vessels arrived quickly, the first within four minutes; people did not have to perch on the inflatable life rafts for long. Chesley Sullenberger: an old-fashioned kind of hero 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The regulars, a fiercely loyal but shrinking group, clung to his menu like a life raft, and rebelled when Ms. Blamey retired it. Finally, at Mena, Victoria Blamey Gets a Restaurant That Fits Her Talent 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z During her run as first lady, Melania Trump’s state dinner ensembles suggested that for her, fashion could be something like a life raft. Perspective | At the state dinner, Jill Biden stays understated 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z More than a week later, Mr. Carman was rescued from a life raft — alone. What’s on TV Friday: Drew Barrymore in ‘Santa Clarita Diet’ 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In that regard, the Mountain West schools could provide a life raft if the price is right. What WSU, Oregon State win in court means for Pac-12’s future, outbound schools 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Primed for religious conversion — or a philosophical life raft of any kind — she chances upon a tour group visiting Rand’s New York haunts. A 'canceled' author falls for a cringe icon in 'The Book of Ayn' (Rand, of course) 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Others said they had their phones, money and medications confiscated before being forced onto boats, taken out to sea and transferred onto life rafts. Asylum-seekers in Greece face violence, pushbacks -aid group MSF 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The Eagles twice tried to throw the Commanders a life raft on Sunday, coughing up the ball inside the 3-yard line. Big numbers, big blunders: Howell’s career game nullified by mistakes, drops and sideline miscues 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Diamond’s crewmate, who has not yet been publicly identified, was found alive by a Canadian fishing family 13 days later, in a life raft 70 miles northwest of Cape Flattery. Missing Westport fisherman identified after Coast Guard calls off search 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z On Thursday, however, a Canadian boat, the Ocean Sunset, found the Evening’s life raft floating about 46 miles west of Canada’s Vancouver Island, according to the Associated Press. One of two missing fisherman from a Washington-based fishing boat found alive 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z "I saw what looked like a life raft in the distance and ran inside and put the binoculars on him and then he shot off a flare," Ryan told the network. Fisherman missing for two weeks found in raft and ate salmon to survive 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z It depends on where he and White are flying, but sometimes survival suits and inflatable life rafts are on the list. Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious gas balloon race 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z They abandoned ship using a lifeboat and two life rafts, the Coast Guard said. US Coast Guard rescues 12 after cargo ship runs aground in US Virgin Islands 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Her husband fished salmon and albacore with it for 24 years, and the life raft on board could carry four people and held about a week’s worth of supplies. Missing Westport fisherman identified after Coast Guard calls off search 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The missing man told them that he had been alone aboard the life raft for 13 days and had caught and eaten a salmon to survive after running out of food and water. One of two missing fisherman from a Washington-based fishing boat found alive 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z And all of that messiness is what makes a screen full of words into a life raft for someone in need of inspiration or solace. Writers' strike is about our humanity | LZ Granderson 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z An ill-fated ship synonymous with hubris and known for exposing the basest impulses of the uber-wealthy who fled the sinking steamliner in life rafts while leaving sequestered third-class passengers to die. Commentary: As those aboard the Titan submersible suffer, social media laughs 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The crew of the Mayan Queen lowered its life raft with three of its own crew, and followed the cries for help, pulling 15 men onboard, the captain said. A Superyacht Gave a Lifeline to 100 Migrants Thrown Into the Sea 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Carman spent eight days adrift at sea before the crew of a commercial ship, the Orient Lucky, found him floating on a life raft. Man Charged With Killing Mother at Sea in Inheritance Scheme Dies in Jail 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Air traffic recordings shared by liveatc.net capture a radio operator at 1:30 p.m. asking, “What’s the color of your craft, and what’s the color of your life raft?” Plane that crashed off coast of Half Moon Bay was owned by Sergey Brin's investment firm 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z No survivors or life rafts have been spotted. Chinese envoy asks Australia to increase search for 39 aboard capsized fishing boat in Indian Ocean 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Everett also sings in the series, which she loves because she performs cabaret in real life and says, “Singing is my life raft. My default.” ‘Somebody Somewhere’ finds more joy, acceptance in season 2 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z After night fell over the Pacific, he and his fellow sailors resorted to the ancient method of sitting in a life raft and hoping for the best. Their Boat Hit a Whale and Sank. The Internet Saved Their Lives. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z In his first text messages from the life raft, he said he was in serious trouble. Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The reply is garbled, but a Coast Guard marine broadcast shortly after told seafarers to be on the watch for a yellow life raft. Plane that crashed off coast of Half Moon Bay was owned by Sergey Brin's investment firm 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z As conglomerates attempt to expand their slices of L.A.’s ever-inflating real estate market, engineers and artists are looking around for their life rafts. 'We're losing our Abbey Road': Famed L.A. music studio United Recording lays off staff 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The boat was equipped with a canopied life raft that floated free and inflated. Crossing the perilous Willapa Bay bar holds a steep cost 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z One was a pocket-size satellite device that allowed Mr. Rodriguez to call his brother, who was thousands of miles away on land, from a life raft. Their Boat Hit a Whale and Sank. The Internet Saved Their Lives. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Rodriguez swam to the life raft, climbed in and looked back to see the last 10 feet of the mast sinking “at an unbelievable speed,” he said. Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “I don’t believe ... but there’s something inside the life raft here.” Plane that crashed off coast of Half Moon Bay was owned by Sergey Brin's investment firm 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z During Thursday morning’s Personal Survival Techniques course, participants learned how to deploy, board and flip a life raft, along with swimming techniques including how to creating a human chain. Making a splash for safety: Maritime workers practice survival techniques 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Will and a second crewman made it into a life raft and were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter team. Crossing the perilous Willapa Bay bar holds a steep cost 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z “And we were floating right smack in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a dinghy and a life raft. Hopeful that we would be rescued soon.” Their Boat Hit a Whale and Sank. The Internet Saved Their Lives. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z As the Raindancer slipped away, he pulled a Leatherman from his pocket and cut the line that tethered the life raft to the boat after Litz noticed it was being pulled taut. Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Italy has talked of naval blockades, and Greece has secretly expelled refugees on inflatable and sometimes overburdened life rafts. Migrant Deaths Shine Light on Europe’s Harder Line and Broken Promises 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Arriving on scene to strong waves and 20-mph winds roughly 40 minutes later, the Coast Guard lifted two crew members from a floating life raft and took them to a Raymond hospital. Search goes on for fisherman lost at sea near Willapa Bay 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The Coast Guard on Monday released video of the rescue operation as the crew members were hoisted from a life raft into the helicopter. One missing after crab boat sinks off Southwest WA coast 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z No one was found in the three life rafts and two lifeboats searched by South Korean coast guard crews who later arrived on a speedboat. Cargo ship sinks between South Korea, Japan; 5 crew rescued 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z To board the Rolling Stones, the crew from the Raindancer transferred to the dinghy with a few essentials, then detached the life raft so it wouldn’t get caught in the boat’s propeller. Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Other sailors were found in a life raft after they jumped from the sinking vessel. Thai navy ship sinking: Race against time to find missing sailors 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “You would have to consider whether you were providing a life raft to a regime that is under fire from its own population,” Maloney said. Column: Iran protests have shoved the nuclear issue off center stage. It will be back 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The Navy said the drone attack tore a 30-inch-wide hole in the back of the ship, damaging a shipboard boiler, potable water tank and life raft. U.S. says Iran responsible for drone attack on oil tanker in Middle East 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But a neurological illness shifted his vision for the path ahead and shined a spotlight on the present — snuggles in bed and time spent in their apartment — a life raft from the city downstairs. What to Do With the Time We Get 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z He and his friends managed to escape onto a life raft and a dinghy. Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Over-water routes require airlines to carry enough life rafts to accommodate all occupants of the airplane in the event of a loss of one raft of the largest rated capacity. U.S. urges airlines equip Florida-bound planes to fly over water 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The Coast Guard eventually found the emergency beacon as well as an empty life raft, but it suspended the search for Dr. Moy after about 30 hours. N.Y. doctor, charged for role in massive health care fraud scheme, goes missing in boating accident 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The four men were forced to move to a life raft, before then being picked up by the Fraserburgh lifeboat. Crew rescued after fishing boat runs aground near Fraserburgh 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The life rafts and jackets Mr. Djiba had rested on were still tied on the upper deck, but were now 39 feet deep. Deadlier Than the Titanic: A Ferry Set Out With About 1,900 Aboard. Only 64 Survived. 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z In the nine hours it took to reach the life raft, Stone told The Post, he and the other three men on his boat were apprehensive about how the rescue was going to work. Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Rescuers found an oil sheen, an empty life raft and some debris. NTSB recommends inspections after sinking of fishing boat 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z They inflate a life raft, climb in, and right it when it’s upside down. Now hiring: US offshore wind ramps up, workers taught safety 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z While many people have insurance that will eventually cover vaccine costs, those without insurance or means might give up on the vaccine life raft altogether. Opinion | The new covid booster is a bit of a gamble — but one well worth taking 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z They are important in the inflation of life jackets, life rafts, and military balloons. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure whether they would be able to find the life raft without traveling back and forth. Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “We’re just trying to make a life raft out of the like utter chaos and debris that it has created,” she said. Strippers have a new tactic in a North Hollywood labor fight. Organizing with an actors union 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Texts with other moms were my life raft. The Vulnerability of New Motherhood, Heightened by a Pandemic But the latest booster, as with all the previous shots, promises to be a life raft in dangerous seas. Opinion | The new covid booster is a bit of a gamble — but one well worth taking 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The 120 survivors had to cling to life rafts for 50 hours before being rescued. USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z But it’s far from “a life raft” for the endangered species that has long been a symbol of climate change, scientists said. Shaky oasis for some polar bears found, but not for species 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z He added: “I just wanted to create a little bit of a life raft for myself as a Black gay man to get through the day.” Tony Moments: A night for Broadway to reclaim its groove 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z He described the task as creating “a life raft for myself … to get myself through the day.” Tony Awards 2022: ‘Strange Loop’ and ‘Lehman Trilogy’ take top honors 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z "We could see lots of people, lots of our guys on the bow of the ship being lowered down into the life rafts." Falklands War: The bombing of the Sir Galahad 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Eight days after he and his mother left port, he was found alone in a life raft near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Defense: Man charged with killing mother at sea competent 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Carman made international headlines when he was found alone in a life raft near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, eight days after he and his mother left port. Nearly 6 years later, man indicted in mother’s death at sea 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Carmen denied the allegations, telling the Coast Guard that when the boat filled quickly with water, he swam to the life raft and called for his mother but never saw her again. Man to face charge of killing mother at sea for inheritance 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Vaccines were a life raft in a sea of danger. Opinion | One million died. It didn’t have to happen — and it must not again. 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z An anniversary regarded by unionists as a cause for celebration, the creation of a life raft for those intent on preserving their British identity as the rest of the island broke away from the UK. NI election 2022: A shock to the system for DUP, but unsurprising 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Last month, a report recorded 31 failures, including an inability to safely deploy lifeboats or life rafts, on the European Causeway. P&O Ferries: European Causeway back in service after inspection 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z You might think that in Japan, where safety is almost a national motto, a passenger boat operating in frigid waters would be required to have life rafts on board. How a Japanese boat trip ended in tragedy 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z “Just knowing and labeling what’s happening can be a life raft in the midst of the storm.” How to recognize gaslighting and respond to it 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Another 11 had made it onto a life raft, while one person was saved by a nearby tanker. Emirati-flagged cargo ship sinks in Persian Gulf off Iran 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Lukashenko reached for a life raft from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who advised him how to suppress the demonstrations and provided aid. Opinion | In war, Russia has swallowed up Belarus. Freedom is at stake there, too. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z The crew of the Helt were able to abandon ship, but four of its members are unaccounted for and the other two are still at sea in a life raft. Ukraine: Estonian cargo ship sinks after blast in Black Sea 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z In some cases, Grandi said, migrants were reportedly “left adrift in life rafts or sometimes even forced directly into the water, showing a callous lack of regard for human life.” UN alarmed at increasing reports of Greek migrant pushbacks 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Three surviving sailors from the trawler, suffering from severe hypothermia, were plucked from a life raft early on Tuesday. Canadian rescue services recover 10 bodies from sunk Spanish trawler 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z And there’s no way to get out of it; you put yourself all in, you kind of burned the life raft. Sometimes Shaun White’s Troubles Start When He’s 20 Feet in the Air 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Members of the group then said they were loaded into life rafts and left to drift back towards Turkish waters. Turkey-Greece border: Twelve migrants die in freezing conditions 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z When the Democrats were in the minority, they clung to the filibuster like a life raft. America's new class war: Organized labor is back 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z “It’s got to be down to, the Titanic’s got to be sinking, and this is the life raft,” he said. These homes are off-grid and climate resilient. They’re also built out of trash. 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z It showed people being put into life rafts and transferred to a patrol boat. Greece: Sinking of sailboat carrying migrants kills 11 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z His life raft carried him to an island held by the Japanese, where the locals hid him and his crewmates for a week until they were picked up by Navy destroyers. Writer profiles every USS Arizona casualty at Pearl Harbor 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z My mother handed me a life raft, a white envelope filled with more money than I’d carried around before or since. Perspective | Abortion is considered a secret. Women need to tell their stories. 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Three months after the sinking, a body washed up in a life raft on Australia's Christmas Island. HMAS Sydney: DNA reveals identity of Australia's famous 'unknown sailor' 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z “But selling them on the life raft while they can go dine and dance in the hall with the rich people in the top level, it’s a hard sell.” These homes are off-grid and climate resilient. They’re also built out of trash. 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Painting became a life raft, a way to cope with the pain and to find a new outlet for her creativity. The Nigerian artist who turned pain into fame during lockdown 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The Coast Guard searched more than 2,200 square miles over a 38-hour period, yet found nothing more than a debris field, diesel fuel odor, an emergency beacon and an empty life raft. NTSB uses video, high-res photos in probe of sunken boat 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Sailing: Crew survives four days in life raft after 150-foot fishing vessel sinks in a storm. A woman was stranded in the ocean for 12 hours. A novice boat captain saved her 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The school is an anchor and a life raft for some of its families in this Northumberland town at the best of times. 'Years to get children back on track after Covid' 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z And it is used commercially in fire extinguishers, for inflating life rafts and life jackets, and as a liquid solvent. Why is there a CO2 shortage and how will it hit food supplies? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z She was the team’s life raft in the first half of the season, averaging 14 points, 4.4 assists and 2.8 rebounds while starting all 19 games. Rising Sparks star: Allow Erica Wheeler to reintroduce herself 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Because making new life simply seems too risky when so many people are still losing theirs beyond the walls of the small apartment that is their life raft in Brazil’s storm of deaths and infections. Gluing back the bits in a post-COVID myriad of human divides 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The first poetry collection I purchased, the book became all the clichés for me: my life raft, my rope, my talisman, my four-leaf clover. Poem: ‘There is no news from Auschwitz’ 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Within 24 hours, refugee rights groups say, the same group was seen drifting in a life raft back to Turkey. Migrant family’s presence on Greek island hints at pushbacks 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The Orion plane stayed near the life raft as long its fuel would allow, the spokesperson said, and the survivor was rescued by a patrol boat. 5 feared dead in Fiji after reports of violence on tuna boat 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The six other crewmen were able to exit the bomber and board a life raft as the plane filled with water and began to sink. Colorado World War II veteran trying to gain Silver Star 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z “Consequently, it’s like a life raft. And they don’t want to push anyone off.” A Vanishing Priest, a Wall of Secrecy and a 25-Year-Old Abuse Case 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z He sent off a quick message to his team and leapt into a life raft before the boat was awash. A Tight Finish for a Round the World Race, 80 Days Later 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z “A lot more people are jumping off the sinking ship and trying to get onto the life raft where I’ve been all along,” said Hogan, a Trump critic since before the 2016 election. Perspective | Larry Hogan, the GOP’s anti-Trump, hopes to reverse the party’s direction and ‘purge’ its extremists 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z “The person found on the life raft was healthy and strong. He was attended to by our medics,” Natuva said. 5 feared dead in Fiji after reports of violence on tuna boat 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The rescue center said debris was spotted on the heaving seas at 8:22 a.m., and two life rafts were found on shore with nobody in them. 6 missing after a scallop vessel sank off Nova Scotia 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z "One of the helicopters lowered a rescue swimmer and life raft, and all four people aboard the vessel abandoned ship into the raft." Coast Guard rescues 4 people off Alabama after vessel bursts into flames 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z One of the helicopters lowered a rescue swimmer and a life raft, and all four people aboard the boat were able to get inside. 4 rescued from burning boat on Alabama coast 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z There they were forced into life rafts and were left to drift towards Turkish territorial waters, he said. Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z It took two hours from when Le Cam stopped racing to when he first spotted Escoffier on his life raft. He Was Rescued at Sea in a Sailing Race. ‘It’s Life,’ He Said. 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Le Cam was first on the scene and established voice and visual contact with Escoffier but was unable to recover him in the five-metre waves, losing sight of the life raft as the light worsened. Escoffier 'safe and sound' after rescue 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The first Coast Guard crews to arrive on the scene discovered only debris and an empty life raft. Investigation into sunken fishing boat could take months 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The commercial fishing vessel’s owner reported that the Emmy Rose’s satellite phone went unanswered, and the first Coast Guard crews on the scene discovered debris and an empty life raft. Coast Guard continues search for missing fishing vessel crew 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The first crews on the scene discovered debris and an empty life raft. Coast Guard searches for 4-member crew of fishing boat that sank off Massachusetts coast 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z As he pulled the inflation cord for his life raft, he was swept off the boat. He Was Rescued at Sea in a Sailing Race. ‘It’s Life,’ He Said. 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The first Coast Guard crews on the scene discovered debris and an empty life raft. Search on for 4-member crew of sunken Atlantic fishing boat 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The Navy and Coast Guard conducted a review of the tragedy and realized four life rafts were insufficient for a ship the Leopold’s size. S. Carolina man who found WWII medals tracks their home 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z The life raft was spotted one mile offshore of Buxton on Thursday. Coast Guard suspends search prompted by empty life raft 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter and two boats as the fishermen put on lifejackets and got into a life raft. Coast Guard rescues 2 from burning boat off New Jersey shore 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Both Lawler and Gribble eventually made it to a life raft but they had no locator beacons and an emergency light in the raft eventually went out. Settlement in deadly crab boat sinking calls for over $9M 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Christian fascism is an emotional life raft for tens of millions of Americans. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z But only two of the ship’s four life rafts could be launched, forcing most of the men to jump directly into the frigid North Atlantic waters. S. Carolina man who found WWII medals tracks their home 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z It was a six-man orange life raft with a sea anchor inside and no visible marine growth or markings. Coast Guard suspends search prompted by empty life raft 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Bartlett became an economic life raft for many. George Floyd languished inside a Texas prison. Communities and companies saw it as ‘economic development.’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z One man made it to shore with a life raft, West said. 2 men missing after their gold mining dredge overturns 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z “They are not going into these life rafts willingly. They are forced,” said Tommy Olsen of the Aegean Boat Report, which monitors arrivals and rights abuses in the Aegean. Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them back out to sea 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The pod rammed the boat for more than an hour, during which time the crew were too busy getting the sails in, readying the life raft and radioing a mayday – “Orca attack!” – to feel fear. 'I've never seen or heard of attacks': scientists baffled by orcas harassing boats 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Jay-nel Rosales, 30, of the Philippines, was found floating alone in a life raft, his orange boat spotted from the island of Kodakarajima in the East China Sea. Japan finds second survivor after cargo ship sank in typhoon 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Japanese officials said a 30-year-old Philippine national became the ship's second known survivor when he was found drifting on a life raft on Friday. Japan rescues second survivor from capsized ship 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Mr Bower said he then helped with chest compressions on Gary McCrossan in a life raft as they tried to save him, until help arrived. Helicopter survivor says training saved his life 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “You don’t put them on life rafts and leave them.” Migrants accuse Greece of pushing them back out to sea 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z In these and all other known cases, the mammals ignored the humans who took to life rafts; it was the boats that attracted their ire. 'I've never seen or heard of attacks': scientists baffled by orcas harassing boats 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The ship later said on Twitter that the calls were not made in “distress,” but that life rafts were needed to allow for more room on the vessel while it awaited assistance. Banksy’s overloaded migrant rescue boat saved by Italian government 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z By Labor Day, the business leaders project another wave of permanent business closures if the government does not provide a financial life raft. CEOs to Congress: A lot more small businesses will fail without new aid 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z “Blood Vessel” is a nautical vampire flick set during World War II and centering on the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship whose life raft comes across a seemingly abandoned German minesweeper. New movies to stream this week: ‘The Rental,’ ‘Amulet’ and more 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The crash was virtually forgotten until a military training mission spotted a yellow life raft on the glacier. More fragments from 1952 crash in Alaska found in glacier 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z But for others, the inflatable pool is less aesthetic statement, or even a way to stay cool, than emotional life raft, a 66-inch island of childlike joy in an ocean of pandemic upheaval. 'If they stare, fine.' Adults use kiddie pools as quarantine meets L.A. heat 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z It is a system that rewards some with yachts and leaves others without a life raft. Opinion | Building a Better, Fairer Nation 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z “Is the General Assembly going to throw them a life raft or an anvil?” she asked. Virginia lawmakers freeze spending plan as uncertainties of pandemic continue 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z He said that "some of us find ourselves buying the junk reporting, because it represents a kind of life raft away from the paralyzing present moment." Coronavirus conspiracy theories go from the margins to the mainstream 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Now “we have to chart the course of where we take that life raft”. Those talking about a fast end to social distancing should consider the cost paid in human lives | Matt Beard 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The rush of behind-the-scenes jockeying by the powerful financial sector has raised the prospect that an industry often known for slashing workforces could tap into the program designed as a life raft for small businesses. Private equity angles for piece of stimulus windfall 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Along with fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, the trio was escorted from their life raft to the U.S.S. Buzz Aldrin gives surprising response when asked about protecting himself from coronavirus 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z So he hugged South Carolina like a life raft for his drowning campaign. Joe Biden desperately needed this victory. Can his campaign still be turned around? | Richard Wolffe 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z He soon began refreshing sailors on how to use life rafts. In standoff with Iran, U.S. sailors say the threat level was unlike anything they had seen in years 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z “We have put ourselves on a life raft,” Murphy said of the effectiveness of current coronavirus containment measures. Those talking about a fast end to social distancing should consider the cost paid in human lives | Matt Beard 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Bean was hustling for his survival in showbiz, relying on his wiles to keep his life raft afloat. Appreciation: Orson Bean's emails to this critic reveal the chatty charm that made him so beloved 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms Burrows hung on to the straps of her life raft in the water for about five minutes before being lifted on to the support ship and winched into a helicopter. The club you can't join without getting wet 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Only Lawler and Dean Gribble Jr. were able to make it into a life raft, and were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter about four hours later. Coast Guard board to investigate sinking of Scandies Rose crab boat on New Year’s Eve 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The commercial snapper fishermen were able to escape onto a life raft and then a crew from the Coast Guard brought the trio to shore, according to Coast Guard spokesman William Tadlock. Boaters abandon burning ship near Gulf Coast 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z At the Golden Globes this month, he cracked that he thought Jack should’ve shared the life raft with Rose at the end of “Titanic.” Leonardo DiCaprio on his Oscar nomination, Brad Pitt and being cool with Ricky Gervais 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z As the Scandies Rose sank, its life rafts were unreachable, stowed in containers at the top of the wheelhouse, which was already dipping toward the water line. Overtaken by Frigid Seas, Hours From Help, There Was Little Chance of Survival 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Two life rafts inflated and floated free from the boat as it sank. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z They’ll also have a life raft on board to slide into the water, if need be. Iowa men will fly around world to bring vaccines to children 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Christian fascism is an emotional life raft for tens of millions. Onward, Christian fascists 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Two other crew members were rescued after the disaster Tuesday, telling authorities they were the only ones who made it into a life raft, the Anchorage Daily News reported. National Digest: Texas judge rules doctors can remove 11-month-old from life support 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Then, perhaps 10 minutes later, he saw a light in the distance: One of the life rafts had come loose from the boat and emerged from the sea. Overtaken by Frigid Seas, Hours From Help, There Was Little Chance of Survival 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Still, Lawler could occasionally catch sight of the light on the second life raft as it drifted some distance away. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z They made their way into the life raft, which was released as the boat sank, said Gribble Sr. After the sinking of the Scandise Rose, a harrowing search and an aftermath of anguish 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Those rescued told authorities they were the only ones who made it into a life raft, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Calls to loved ones reveal rough conditions before sinking 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z A helicopter crew arrived on scene and hoisted two survivors from a life raft. Coast Guard says 5 missing after crab boat sinks in Alaska 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Off in the distance, they occasionally caught a glimpse of what appeared to be the lights of the Scandies Rose’s other life raft. Overtaken by Frigid Seas, Hours From Help, There Was Little Chance of Survival 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z New Year’s Day, Lawler noticed something different about the second life raft. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z In Batemans Bay, four hours north, residents sat on folding chairs along the beach, life rafts at the ready, as a fire encircled the town and burned homes. Thousands Flee to Shore as Australia Fires Turn Skies Blood Red 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Rescuers saw a faint light in one life raft, but a medic lowered from a helicopter found it empty, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Calls to loved ones reveal rough conditions before sinking 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z During the two-day course, instructors used scenarios like capsizing a life raft in the dark and requiring the sailor to overturn it and get back in. For the Sydney Hobart, an Indigenous Crew Puts to Sea 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z They gathered between coils of mooring rope and a life raft at the port-side rails to try to siphon enough signal to receive text messages. The Lonely and Dangerous Life of the Filipino Seafarer 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z He found a flashlight in a bag in the life raft and waved it back and forth. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Instead, they were made to jump into a body of water, “on to a life raft, flip it over, and swim. And I was like, ‘Excuse me, do what? Jennifer Hudson: 'How do you be a cat? I sat with that for ever' 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z “This rising tide may be lifting all yachts, but far too many are still clinging to life rafts.” Iowans flocked to Trump in 2016. He betrayed them 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z He told the Coast Guard that when the boat filled quickly with water, he swam to the life raft and called for his mother but never saw her again. Judge: Man in inheritance fight contributed to boat sinking 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Unlike the softhearted, ecumenical Emily, she sees Trump as a life raft; to her, he’s a “Golem molded from the clay of mass media, and he’s come to save us all.” A Play About the Nuances of Conservatism in the Trump Era 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Then, the light next to the other life raft moved up into the air. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Two life rafts carrying a total of 50 people were launched but one became unusable after a puncture. Kiribati ferry that sank, killing 95, not licensed to take passengers, inquiry finds 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Like a drowning man pounces on a life raft. Opinion | What Democrats can learn from Mitch McConnell’s surrender 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Just as they were clambering into a life raft, the Coast Guard arrived on the scene. Hawaii commercial fishing vessel catches fire, sinks off coast 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Among other things, he would identify the escape hatch, point out the location of life vests and life rafts, and introduce the crew. Some Conception passengers said they weren't told about emergency escape hatch 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Waves filled the life raft with chest-deep water, and at times threatened to flip it. Battling the waves to stay alive: A tale of survival from the Scandies Rose 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The budget request sought to revamp the building, including relocating personnel overseeing nuclear containment and repairing Navy life rafts from an even more dangerous building. Projects defunded for Trump’s border wall include military buildings with ‘life safety violations’ and hazmat concerns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Monday to the sound of the five crewmembers pounding the side of their boat desperate to be rescued from their life raft. Diving company owner missing after Southern California boat fire: report 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “We were able to get on scene relatively quickly just before the crew abandoned ship and they got into a life raft,” Cory Palmer of the U.S. Hawaii commercial fishing vessel catches fire, sinks off coast 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Five Star proved divided between its realist leaders, who saw the Democratic Party as a slippery life raft, and the party orthodoxy who warned that a deal would prove deadly to the party’s hard-core base. New Government Takes Shape in Italy, Sidelining Salvini and the Hard Right 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Dean, who most recently unsuccessfully ran for governor in the 2018 election, told the newspaper that crew members instructed him and others to put on survival suits and evacuated using life rafts. Ex-Tennessee mayor, crew rescued from fiery boat near Norway 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Sudden as a bolt of lightning, the answer struck him; a lone life raft in a sea of clarity. New Bedford man gains perspective through boxing 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z He radioed for help from the life raft about 45 minutes later, prosecutors said. Man jailed for killing wife at sea 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Every airplane is equipped with life rafts and survival suits. 75 Years After D-Day, Planes Fly Off for ‘Never Seen Before’ World War II Commemoration 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Coast Guard rescued three fishermen from a life raft after their fishing boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard rescues 3 fishermen from raft after boat sinks 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z A Coast Guard review of the 1985 sinking of the Seattle-based Western Sea found that the boat had no survival suits, no emergency beacon to sound an alert should disaster strike and no life raft. What caused the Destination crabber to sink? Coast Guard to release findings on Sunday 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Five people were rescued Friday from a life raft in the Bering Sea after their cod-fishing boat took on water and sank, according to the Coast Guard. Cod boat sinks in the Bering Sea, crew of 5 rescued 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z After she and the five crew made it into a life raft, death continued to seem like a possibility. NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z For Mr. Kim, a mediocre middle school student who was often in trouble, Stuyvesant, from which he graduated in 1993, was a life raft. Racist? Fair? Biased? Asian-American Alumni Debate Elite High School Admissions 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The bread and pickles may appear to be garnish, but they are, as the Beard Foundation put it, “the closest things to life rafts your taste buds will find.” The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Woodley was convinced that requiring strobe lights on survival suits would save lives, enabling nighttime rescuers to spot any crew bobbing in the water or huddled in life rafts. What caused the Destination crabber to sink? Coast Guard to release findings on Sunday 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z It was not until Bennett boarded the life raft – with their luggage- that he called for help and reported his wife missing, about 45 minutes after he was awakened. New photos show how British sailor killed American wife on honeymoon by sinking their catamaran 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z In hours of searching, the Silver Spray did not find any of signs of the crew or a life raft. NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The search continued Wednesday after five aircraft and two lifeboats searched more than 1,000 square miles for traces of the plane or a life raft. ‘Getting scared’: Emiliano Sala reportedly sent message to friends about plane that vanished 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “Our search area is prioritized on the life raft option,” he said. ‘I’m So Afraid’: Emiliano Sala Reportedly Sent Message From Plane 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The police added: “Our search area is prioritised on the life raft option. More updates as information becomes available.” Emiliano Sala: rescuers consider possibility footballer reached life raft 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Authorities said Tuesday they did not expect to find any survivors, but the latest search is focused on possibly finding a life raft. Search resumes to find soccer player after plane disappears 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z She spent hours in the water in an insulated survival suit until she made it to a life raft. NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Police said they were focusing their search area based on the life raft possibility and on a study of weather and currents. ‘Getting scared’: Emiliano Sala reportedly sent message to friends about plane that vanished 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “Our search area is prioritized on the life raft option,” Guernsey Police said on Twitter. UK police searching for soccer star Sala focus on life raft scenario 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z That helicopter rescued the survivors, two from a life raft and one from the water, the navy said, adding that all had hypothermia. Pope Francis expresses sorrow after 170 feared dead in Mediterranean 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The navy says its airplane launched life rafts after it spotted the sinking dinghy Friday with about 20 people aboard. Survivors: Up to 117 migrants missing in capsizing off Libya 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z As a boat goes down, the life raft is supposed to break free. NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The navy says its airplane launched life rafts after it spotted the sinking dinghy Friday with about 20 people aboard. Up to 117 migrants missing after their boat capsizes off Libya, three survivors say 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The Coast Guard in a statement Monday says crewmembers launched a life raft and four of the 21 mariners aboard left The Sincerity Ace wearing life jackets. Car carrier on fire in Pacific, some crew abandon ship 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z A few days later its life raft washed up on the Channel Island of Alderney. Found: The plane wreck that could solve a mystery 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z A few years later he was alone in the Pacific on a life raft, praying that his rescuers would find him before the enemy did. Text of George W Bush’s eulogy for George HW Bush 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Even if Hathaway and the five other crewmen had managed to escape, they might not have been able to reach the life raft. NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z This is the love she was promised, and she will cling to it like the life raft that it so clearly is, no matter what her father tries to do to break them apart. Opinion | Marrying Him Was Political. Sponsoring His Visa Is for Love. 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z As Shepherd considered what he wanted for his own son, he said he realized that Boggan was offering a life raft. In Sacramento, trying to stop a killing before it happens 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z He said he abandoned the catamaran in a life raft because it was sinking. Man pleads guilty in wife's disappearance at sea 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Books become life raft, armor: In a mostly white high school, he starts bringing armloads of five, stacking them one by one on the desk, a sort of counter-evidence, daring anyone to doubt him. 'Heavy' by Kiese Laymon may be the most important memoir you read this year - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “If the life raft didn’t disengage, somebody has to answer for that. That is huge,” Sue Hathaway said. NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z A routine patrol spotted the Canadian residents Newman and Blair paddling aboard a life raft. 2 rescued after boat catches fire 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Early in the morning, the Spanish fishing trawler Farruco found two life rafts and a lifeboat with crewmembers from Spain, Peru, Morocco and Indonesia aboard. Spanish fishing vessel sinks off Argentina; 25 rescued 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z It was not until Bennett boarded the life raft that he called for help and reported his wife missing, about 45 minutes after he was awakened. Man pleads guilty in wife's disappearance at sea 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Two years ago, the Lawrence County Treatment Court became a life raft for the 36-year-old New Castle resident. Treatment court helps break addiction cycle, change lives 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Macdonald abandoned the ship, boarded the vessels’ life raft and contacted officials in the United Kingdom by satellite phone. Man attempting to row across Atlantic rescued in open ocean 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z They found the swimmers stuck in a rip current, some with life rafts. Lifeguards pull 8 from rip current off coast of Florida 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z He swam about a hundred yards to a life raft, which had ropes to allow survivors to hang on. WWII veteran, 99, survived sinking of USS Vincennes 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z But now she moves cautiously, clutching each piece of furniture like a life raft. Miracle cures or modern quackery? Stem cell clinics multiply, with heartbreaking results for some patients. 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z But a third group spent nearly five days adrift in life rafts before the dehydrated and emaciated men decided their best chance of survival was to land on an island. Team backed by Microsoft co-founder locates USS Helena wreck 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z A few days later, small pieces of wreckage of the Hercules, including a life raft washed up near the shores of the Channel Island of Alderney. The mystery of the homesick mechanic who stole a plane 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z A Coast Guard plane sent to the area where the boat sank saw a flare and found eight people in a life raft. Hawaii fishing boat sinks, crew rescued 400 miles offshore 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Lundy was one of 22 people to reach the life rafts. ‘The truth needed to come out’: A decade after the sinking of the Alaska Ranger, a survivor changes his story 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Crew members were rescued by a passing boat after they got into life rafts. Trump Rollbacks Target Offshore Rules ‘Written With Human Blood’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z In response, consumers turned to payday loans and alternative products as financial life rafts—only to have Mr. Cordray poke holes in them by imposing regulations that would effectively outlaw payday lending. The CFPB Could Be a Force for Good 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z He was rescued a week later, after being found floating on a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont man insists he didn’t kill mother, grandfather 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Through it all, he hung on to his music like a life raft, often as a solo act that gained him notoriety in the New York scene. This ‘hillbilly madman’ is country music royalty. So why haven’t you heard of him? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Three other men on the ship were rescued from a life raft by a nearby fishing boat. Inadequate preparation cited for deaths in Alaska sinking 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Captured moments included life rafts bobbing by the aircraft’s fuselage, transferring survivors to rescue boats, the sinking plane, and the lifting of twin toddlers, Maureen and Elizabeth Gordon, from a lifeboat into waiting seamen’s arms. 1956 Version of Landing an Airplane on Water 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Hutchinson and his dashing skipper, Lord Louis Mountbatten, clung to a life raft and sang songs to keep up their spirits. Obscenity trials QC Hutchinson dies at 102 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z But having clambered aboard one of that particular death-ship’s life rafts and paddled down south to Bournemouth, the striker has failed to provide much bang for the rumoured £130,000 he’s trousering a week. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Southpaw Rich Hill, who was trusted to work just four innings and throw 60 pitches in Game 2, will suddenly be captain, first mate and lookout on the Dodgers’ life raft. Perspective | Game 5 of the 2017 World Series was not the best ever. But it was an instant classic. 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z It was as if Nicole were floating away on a life raft, while Shannon stayed behind on a sinking ship. Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her. Then Her Job Moved to Mexico. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z For people on low-lying islands, it looks like a life raft. Why fake islands might be a real boon for science 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z In response, defiant residents printed T-shirts with a hashtag and “Tangier Island Lives Matter” on the front and, on the back, a life raft with the words, “I refuse to be a climate change refugee.” Why Sen. Kaine wants to save Trump Country from sinking into the Chesapeake 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z “It is kind of like when a ship sinks — everyone swims to the floating life raft.” Scary times are great for bomb-shelter makers 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Unable to secure life rafts, survivors were left adrift in the shark-infested Philippine Sea. Wreckage of WWII-Era U.S.S. Indianapolis Found After 72 Years 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z As on later voyages, he had no life raft or emergency radio with which to call for help. Sailing’s ‘dean of loners’ survived shark-infested waters, a hurricane and a 16-year journey at sea 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z They spotted a search plane overhead and were able to contact the crew through an emergency radio in their life raft. Retired teacher rescued, storm near Iceland rolled sailboat 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Three hundred people died, but the remaining 900 weren’t in much better shape, as they floated on life rafts and were attacked by sharks for days. Before sharks became movie villains, they were celebrated in myths across the world 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Graham Male described the discovery of the yacht and life raft as "harrowing". Cheeki Rafiki deaths: Father relives yacht search - BBC News 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Three of the four people aboard were able to get into a life raft before the boat sank about 30 nautical miles south of Marsh Island. Coast Guard searching for missing person off Louisiana coast 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The Coast Guard will now require each ferry to have enough life raft systems, which includes a raft and a slide for evacuating passengers, to cover every passenger on board. Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “I think for some social service agencies, they’re like a life raft because of the state budget,” said Ginger Meyer, clinical director of the Children’s Medical Resource Network. EXCHANGE: Poshard Foundation helps children in crisis 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Luckily for Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco, he’s got a sturdy life raft built out of rows and columns. Chargers GM Tom Telesco hopes to excel at NFL draft, spreadsheets and all 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Officials said Friday the men were found aboard a life raft. 2 US citizens rescued in Caribbean waters after boat sinks 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z So for families that feel as if they are sinking amid academic struggles and behavioral meltdowns, they may seem like a life raft. Special Ed School Vouchers May Come With Hidden Costs 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The change will technically result in a loss of passenger capacity, as Washington State Ferries will not put enough life rafts on each vessel to correspond with the vessel’s maximum possible capacity. Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Two Filipino sailors were found on a life raft on Saturday. Stellar Daisy: Growing concern for missing ship crew - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Officials in Seoul said efforts were under way to rescue two sailors found on a life raft, Yonhap news agency reports. S Korean cargo ship Stella Daisy vanishes in South Atlantic - BBC News 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Searchers found life rings and other debris but did not find a life raft that typically breaks free from a sinking vessel. Yellow roses, memorial fund for missing crab-boat crew 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Matli returned to his comrades, who were now struggling to untie the ropes on a life raft. The Legend of the S.S. Mendi 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z A new risk analysis from the Coast Guard is requiring Washington State Ferries to supply more life rafts on its vessels. Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z President Trump, drowning amid the chaos roiling his White House after just a month on the job, made a grab for his most-familiar life raft this past week: the media. Media, under attack from Trump, needs to return to the fundamentals 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Coast Guard said it rescued a 56-year-old Austrian man who was stranded on a life raft after his boat sank in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Puerto Rico. World Digest: Feb. 6, 2017 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z But the group is clearly a life raft for the left at times when conservatives are in power; the group’s membership has typically surged under Republican presidents. Once again, the ACLU takes its place on the front lines of a liberal resistance 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Another person who attended the after-party held at Cafe Milano in Georgetown said Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, was surrounded on all sides, like a “grown-up” life raft. A political truce is called at the 104th annual Alfalfa Club dinner 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Washington State Ferries will spend $5 million over the next two-and-a-half years to buy 70 new life rafts for its vessels, following an agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The Coast Guard also found the boat had an expired locator beacon, expired inflatable devices on two life rafts and inoperable navigation sidelights. Alaska strip club owner gets probation in waste dumping case 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The car moved until it became lodged against a tree — Griffin’s life raft. Woman clings to tree for 12 hours after car plunges into raging Northern California creek, killing her friend 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Taylor Cintron, 19, an economics major at UConn, was put in charge of the next task, boarding an inflated life raft. Need Better Morale in the Workplace? Simulate a Plane Crash 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z He was rescued from a life raft in September, but his mother, who accompanied him on the ill-fated fishing trip, was missing and presumed dead. GE exit, schools ruling among top Connecticut stories in ‘16 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Most ferries in Washington have been running under a rule called “alternate compliance” that requires them to have enough life rafts for only half as many people as are on board. Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z But crewman Aaron Hell experienced tense moments as he briefly fell into the chill Bering Sea while trying to climb down a ladder along the side of the sinking vessel and board a life raft. Crewman tells of harrowing escape from sinking Alaska Juris 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z After the living were rescued, Astral crew members put the dead in body bags and stored them in life rafts. Stepping Over the Dead on a Migrant Boat 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z “They bought the ticket knowing there wouldn’t be enough life rafts once the ship hit the iceberg,” Weaver said. A generation of GOP stars stands diminished: ‘Everything Trump touches dies’ 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Nathan Carman was found alone in a life raft by the crew of a passing freighter on Sunday about 100 miles from the coast. Police search Connecticut home of woman lost at sea 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The theory behind the rule is that since most ferries share their route with another vessel, that other boat — and its additional life rafts — would be near enough to help in an emergency. Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z He said he swam to the boat's life raft — about 15 to 20 feet away — then blew a whistle and called out frantically for her for hours. Man rescued at sea says suspicions compound grief over mom 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z He said he swam to the boat’s life raft - about 15 to 20 feet away - then blew a whistle and called out frantically for her for hours. Man rescued at sea says suspicions compound grief over mom 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Carman said the life raft self-inflated, and he swam to it, about 15 to 20 feet away, and began calling for his mother. Man Rescued at Sea Denies Killing His Grandfather 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z A warrant used to search the home of a 22-year-old man rescued in the Atlantic after floating for a week on a life raft shows authorities are looking for evidence of reckless endangerment. The Latest: Boater might have been handling repairs himself 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Under the new rule, once it has its additional life rafts, it could carry about 1,800 passengers. Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z After the officer tells Carman they have not found his mother, he describes getting to the life raft. Vermont man lost at sea was suspect in grandfather's killing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “He looked for his mother and did not see her. He had some food and water, and he jumped into the life raft, and that was it,” Groll told The Associated Press. Man rescued after week at sea to be reunited with family 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z "He looked for his mother and did not see her. He had some food and water, and he jumped into the life raft, and that was it," Groll told The Associated Press. Man rescued after week at sea to be reunited with family 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z A 22-year-old Vermont man who was found alive on a life raft after a week in the ocean said he looked for his mother in vain as their aluminum fishing boat quickly sank. The Latest: No distress call made from sinking fishing boat 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z That left only the two forward life rafts, which are designed to hold a maximum of 110 people - well short of the 155 on board. Safety recommendations unfulfilled 7 years after Flight 1549 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z When I saw the life raft, I did not see my mom. Vermont man lost at sea was suspect in grandfather's killing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Due to the flooding, the crew donned survival suits and crowded into life rafts to await rescue by other vessels that rushed to the location of a distress signal. Fate of missing Alaska Juris trawler still a mystery 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z There were no reports of any injuries as the crew members were transferred from life rafts to the merchant ships, in a fairly calm seas, Coast Guard Petty Officer Lauren Steenson said. 46 People Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Alaska's Coast 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z A friend of a missing Connecticut boater says she was ecstatic when she learned the boater’s son was found alive on a life raft after being missing for a week. The Latest: No distress call made from sinking fishing boat 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Crew members were equipped with survival suits and escaped on three life rafts, the news outlet said. 46 crew members abandon sinking ship in Alaska waters 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Italy's Bettica patrol boat threw life rafts and jackets while another Italian ship sent rescue boats. European migrant crisis: Capsized boat horror caught on camera - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Instead, they were towed in a life raft until Strand cruelly set them adrift. 'Fear the Walking Dead' recap: Abigail crew, marauders battle for survival 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z A Coast Guard response boat was launched from Cape May and removed the fishermen from their life raft. Coast Guard rescues 3 after fishing boat sinks in collision 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z A boater who was found alive on an inflatable life raft off the coast of Massachusetts after being missing for a week was also the object of a massive search when he was a teenager. The Latest: No distress call made from sinking fishing boat 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Two of the men stranded in the sea after a fishing vessel sank off Mingulay in the Western Isles in the early hours of Saturday morning left their life raft to swim for shore. Fishermen in Western Isles boat tragedy tried to swim - BBC News 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z “He keeps throwing me life rafts before I sink,” Steiner said. Tackling the financial toll of cancer, one patient at a time 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z “It felt to me like I was in the middle of the ocean and they threw me a life raft,” Livingston said. States look to provide lawyers for the poor in civil cases 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z "It's a bit like a life raft," he said. With crisis plans and cuts, British bosses brace for Brexit 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Olen, the youngest brother, drowned while diving for a life raft that he thought would save them all. What writing about death taught one woman about life - BBC News 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z A Coast Guard helicopter crew found the fishermen in a life raft but poor visibility and weather prevented the helicopter from getting a radio to the men. Navy helicopter rescues 3 who abandoned ship off Big Island 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z He observes, "For Trump, the endorsement materialized like a life raft on what was arguably the worst day of his campaign for president." Views You Can Use: Christie Backs Trump 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z His slick manifesto promises all the correct themes: transparency, good governance, support for the reforms proposed as Fifa’s life raft from its sea of disgrace. Everything you need to know about Gianni Infantino, the new Fifa president 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z If anything is clear in this year's turbulent presidential campaign, it's that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is clinging to President Barack Obama like a drowning swimmer holds on to a life raft. The Double Game 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z True, Hillary Clinton has embraced Obama more and more, seeing him as a life raft against Bernie Sanders’s formidable challenge. The good news that Democrats have to sell 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z He reached a life raft filled with injured sailors and hung on. Broken trumpet from sunken ship holds its secrets from WWII 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The music video, released on this, the 44th day of One Direction's first extended break in five years, is clearly meant as a life raft for fans. One Direction shares emotional music video to help fans cope with their hiatus 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Rescuers found a debris field over two miles off the coast, and all four life rafts aboard the helicopters. Coast Guard suspends search for 12 Marines missing in Hawaii chopper crash 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z There’s also a psychological benefit: Passengers would think it ridiculous to travel over an ocean without some type of emergency flotation device beyond life rafts. Do Planes Really Need Life Vests? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z All four life rafts that were aboard the helicopters were later found empty. The Latest: Search for Marines suspended after Hawaii crash 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Search and rescue crews recovered three empty life rafts from helicopters involved in a crash off the Hawaiian coast that left 12 marines missing last week, the Coast Guard said in a statement Monday. Coast Guard Recovers 3 Life Rafts in Search for Missing Marines 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z And from the crisp horizon, a succession of distinctive flat specks, approaching, one after another, and resolving into the unmistakable outlines of overloaded life rafts, crammed with refugees. Migrant crisis: Lesbos is microcosm of Europe's difficulties - BBC News 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z The high-profile endorsement comes as a possible life raft for the New Jersey governor, who has struggled to connect to a national electorate. Chris Christie wins key New Hampshire newspaper endorsement 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The high-profile endorsement comes as a possible life raft for the New Jersey governor, who has struggled to connect to a national electorate in early opinion polls. Republican Christie wins major endorsement in presidential race 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z So the young, Oregon-born attorney clung to the Constitution like a life raft, even as the U.S. government planned to force peaceful Japanese American families like Yasui's into detention camps. Japanese American who fought U.S. internment camps in WWII to get posthumous honor 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z A fourth life raft was also spotted Sunday evening, though workers were still trying retrieve it Monday, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard Recovers 3 Life Rafts in Search for Missing Marines 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z There were also two life rafts tied together, holding eight men. Lost at sea during WWII, weathermen to get their Purple Hearts at last 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Goss turned his boat around and sailed for two days, battling to reach the stricken Dinelli, who he found in a freezing life raft, saving the Frenchman's life and nursing him back to health. Ten tales to lift sporting spirits 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z When it sank, he was able to climb onto a life raft with several of his shipmates. Photographer recalls Daniel J. Morrell sinking 49 years ago 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z One life raft deployed and was used, he said. Investigator: Most of passengers on Canada boat that sank were on 1 side before wave struck 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The crew reportedly managed to abandon their burning vessel with skiffs and several life rafts. Fishermen rescued from burning ship in Pacific Ocean - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z He rescued people clinging to a life raft that had run onto rocks. Whale boat disaster: 'phenomenal' rescue prevented even greater tragedy 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Then they rescued two women who were clinging to each other, and finally got 10 people on the life raft onto their boat. 5 Britons killed after boat sinks off Vancouver Island; 1 person missing amid talk of big wave 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Then they got two women who were clinging to each other, and finally got 10 people on a life raft onto their boat. 5 Britons Dead After Whale Boat Sinks Off Vancouver Island 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z A Moroccan rescue helicopter sent to the scene spotted the aircraft floating and saw flares fired from a life raft before the patrol boat picked the crew up. Spain: Moroccan navy recues 3 crew of Spanish military helicopter that crashed in Atlantic 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Their cheer was a life raft, and I could see how flimsy it was. How I Read My Way Through Postpartum Depression 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z On Thursday, search crews found other items, among them a life raft, life jackets, and containers. President Obama Says Families of Those Missing on Coast Guard Ship 'Deserve Answers' 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Using the inflatable life rafts would have been difficult because they are heavy and hard to heave. Questions Are Raised About Safety on Ship Missing After Storm 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Also spotted were an oil sheen, cargo containers, a partly submerged life raft – the ship carried five rafts, each capable of holding 17 people – life jackets and life rings, authorities said. El Faro cargo ship crew members probably overwhelmed by hurricane conditions 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Also spotted were an oil sheen, cargo containers, a partly submerged life raft — the ship carried five rafts, each capable of holding 17 people — life jackets and life rings, authorities said. Sunken US cargo ship had sufficient lifeboats for 33 crew members but faced terrible storm 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Yang was lambasted for repeatedly turning away Microsoft, whose $45 billion offer seemed like the world’s most expensive life raft. Back Again: Jack Dorsey Is Just the Latest Founder to Return as CEO 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z During one of his previous attempts, his boat took on water, and he spent 14 days in a life raft. Man rowing across Atlantic Ocean in last leg of his journey 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z I swam out of the helicopter and then dived back down to retrieve the life raft, which was stowed under my seat. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The baseball team was supposed to be the life raft sent to save Washington sports fans. LOVERRO: Robert Griffin III, Matt Williams each in tough spot after proclamations 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z An Italian military helicopter was lowering life rafts. Irish navy says migrant boat carrying hundreds capsizes off Libya, 150 people spotted in sea 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The 27-year-old native of Jupiter, Florida, swam each of the fishermen from their life raft to shore. Coast Guard rescue swimmer rescues 4 near Cape Blanco 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z After four hours in a life raft, Bush was picked up by Americans. The Donald's '47 Percent' Moment 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Whenever I had mentally rehearsed a landing on water I had programmed my brain to think that the life raft was my first priority. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The search is resuming for a missing fisherman and his vessel off the north Wales coast after rescuers found his life raft. Missing fisherman sea search resumes off Llanddulas - BBC News 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Its crew abandoned its passengers, and there were few functioning life rafts. Lotte World Tower Rises, and Leery Koreans Watch 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Nations join forces to augment the International Space Station to serve as a life raft for a sampling of the human species. Book Review: Seveneves 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The pair had just been rescued from a life raft after they made it off Goldfinger’s plane. New James Bond novel Trigger Mortis resurrects Pussy Galore 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z I got down in a horizontal position and inflated the life raft. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z As she put it in a recent New Yorker magazine profile: “I was hailed on my life raft by the passing container ship Franzen.” Meet Nell Zink. Her story is as good as her novels... | Hermione Hoby 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Days later the hull of the 40ft yacht was found with its life raft still on board. Cheeki Rafiki: 'Structural weakness' blamed in MAIB report - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The passengers and crew on the life rafts eventually boarded one of the ferries, the Puglia. Spanish ferry on fire off Mallorca - BBC News 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Renzi said Italian ships were rushing to respond to distress calls from an inflatable life raft near the Libyan coast with 100 to 150 migrants on board and to another boat carrying about 300 people. Captain and Crew Member Arrested After Mediterranean Disaster 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z I also had three flares, which had been packed inside the life raft. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z “There is much more to be done to fully reform and save programs like Medicare, but this breakthrough is more than just a life raft,” the item reads. John Boehner’s office invokes Leo DiCaprio to praise ‘titanic’ entitlement reform 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z There is less of a reason to cling to the current franchise tent pole life raft because there is another one if need be for those who fit the bill. Sam Taylor-Johnson Escapes 'Fifty Shades Darker,' Will Not Direct Sequel 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z As the ship was rolling and pitching heavily, the four men climbed over the side of the listing fishing boat and jumped into an inflatable life raft. Captain, 16, praised for saving crew 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The victims were among more than 100 people packed aboard an inflatable life raft who were trying to cross the Mediterranean in rough seas and freezing temperatures, said Italian Coast Guard commander Filippo Marini. Italy: 29 migrants die of hypothermia crossing Mediterranean 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z So I jumped up and threw off the life raft. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Italian Coast Guard commander Filippo Marini said Monday the victims were among more than 100 people packed aboard an inflatable life raft who were trying to cross the Mediterranean in rough seas and freezing temperatures. Italy: 27 migrants die at sea of hypothermia 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Investigators concluded the flooding likely took less than five minutes, leaving no time for most of the crew to don survival suits or get into life rafts. Family finds closure in remains from deep 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Several years ago, he watched with worry as West Virginia, his alma mater on whose board he served, searched for a life raft amid the stormy seas of realignment. Oliver Luck, N.C.A.A.’s Newest Employee, Brings Interdisciplinary Expertise 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The company employs around 300 people in Dunmurry making marine equipment, such as life rafts. Safety equipment making firm sold 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z I peeked from under the bottom of the life raft and I saw him, a polar bear, sniffing the air and walking in my direction. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The crew abandoned ship into a life raft, and for of the five boaters were rescued from the raft. Search launched for missing boater off Hawaii’s Big Island 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Just over 30 minutes after receiving a distress call on Tuesday night, the boaters were spotted on a 10-foot life raft. 4 boaters and a dog rescued off Jacksonville 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z “All of us made it, except one,” said Fotis Tsandakidis, among the first who managed to evacuate the Norman Atlantic aboard a plastic life raft. International teams begin airlifts from flaming ferry stranded at sea 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z They spotted the life raft and were able to pull the men aboard. Fishing crew receives Carnegie Hero award for sea rescue 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z I couldn't just turn around and amble back to my life raft. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Which means that we are on the perilous life raft of the American economy; we are okay if nothing at all goes wrong. Tips for Surviving the Holiday Season When You're On the Job Market 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Volunteers flew around the country, often in their own planes, and relied on homemade safety equipment, including inner tubes as life rafts, volunteers remembered. World War II-era Civil Air Patrol volunteers honored on Capitol Hill 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The nine crew members were uninjured, so his initial plan was to remain on board until daybreak, waiting for rescue with life rafts deployed. Team Vestas Wind: A Twenty-First-Century Shipwreck 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Five members of the crew were able to board a life raft. Fishing crew receives Carnegie Hero award for sea rescue 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Those who were rescued were in a life raft, he said. Dozens Missing After South Korean Trawler Sinks in Bering Sea 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z They called 10 minutes later to say they were putting on immersion suits and deploying a life raft. Coast Guard rescues 5 after boat sinks off Oregon 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z They’re stuck with a quarterback who hasn’t shown enough competitive fire or error-free consistency to become a life raft for this sinking ship. With season unhinged, Bears are now just stuck 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Coast Guard officials say a crew in the air spotted a flare fired from a survivor inside a life raft and safely hoisted him aboard. Coast Guard suspends search for 2 Maine fishermen 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps they just need the Linux life raft to return? Nokia's Not Finished With Mobile, Hints At 2016 For Finland's Next Smartphone 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z German Cardinal Walter Kasper — a close ally of Francis' — told a meeting of cardinals in February that communion for remarried divorcees would give them a "spiritual life raft." Pope Francis opens synod on themes of sex and marriage 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Loading limits on state ferries are based on the number of life rafts per boat, plus the ability of nearby boats to aid in an evacuation. Dueling decisions on ferry capacity led to Bainbridge delays 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The Coast Guard says the three people on board the shrimp boat were able to get into a life raft. 2 vessels collide in Gulf, 3 rescued 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The man managed to get into a life raft. Yachtsman rescued from burning boat 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z An aircraft was launched to deliver a life raft to the sailors, and a 661-foot container ship was diverted from its route to the location of the sailboat. Rescue launched for boat caught in Hurricane Julio 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z It is the life raft; the one time all day when we slow down and simply share food together. The Most Important Meal Of The Day: The Family Dinner 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Lincoln, who is helping coordinate the rescue, said the stranded sailors would climb aboard a life raft lowered to them, then float over to the container ship. Ship set to rescue sailors stranded due to Julio 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The Coast Guard said Sunday it rescued a severely hypothermic man clinging to his partially submerged life raft off Washington state’s northwestern tip after his boat caught fire and he abandoned it. Coast Guard rescues man after boat catches fire near Neah Bay 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Most ferries have enough life rafts to hold everyone in an emergency, but the largest ferries don’t. Miscommunication led to long ferry waits after rescue of boat 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z It turned out that Zamperini was still alive and would live another seventy years — including 47 days on a life raft and two years being beaten and tortured. Why Some Migrants Want to Get Caught and Other Fascinating News on the Web 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Changes to how offshore helicopter life rafts should be installed and moored were also called for. New safety calls after ditchings 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z For a casualty in need, Scheer said he cut up a rubber life raft with his knife and created a makeshift blanket. Seventy years later, a D-Day veteran believes a guardian angel shielded him from death The search was complicated by heavy fog, a malfunctioning GPS on the life raft and the man’s flares that fired incorrectly. Coast Guard rescues man after boat catches fire near Neah Bay 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z A permanent resident of the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, the Whiskey 7 left New York on May 15 for the return to France, with a five-person crew packing life rafts, survival suits and parachutes. An Old Warplane’s Do-Over Flight to France 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Hopes of finding the four-man crew, who were sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, faded on Friday after the capsized vessel was found with its life raft still on board. Families pay tribute to Cheeki Rafiki yachtsmen lost at sea 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z The hull of the 40ft vessel was found on Friday with its life raft still on board. Prayers held for missing sailors 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z The upturned hull of the 40ft vessel was found in the Atlantic on Friday with its life raft still on board but there was no sign of the four crew. Yacht's skipper 'dearly missed' 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z The families of the sailors believe the men escaped into a life raft. Calls grow to restart yacht search 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z On Saturday, a cargo vessel spotted and photographed an overturned hull that matched the description of the Cheeki Rafiki but reported no signs of people on board or a life raft. Missing yacht: MPs back calls for US to resume search for British yachtsmen 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The cargo vessel Maersk Kure Saturday spotted an overturned hull in the search area that matched the description of the missing yacht but saw no signs of survivors or a life raft in the vicinity. Families ask US Coast Guard to resume yacht search 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z "We are hopeful that they were able to launch a life raft and that they are still on board that, so we would just really like the search to be resumed." Families want yacht search to resume 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z After pulling the Chinese sailors from a life raft, the crew of the Venezuelan vessel issued a call for help on Friday. Sinosphere Blog: U.S. Air Force Aids Rescue of Chinese Fishermen in Pacific 2014-05-06T05:10:23Z In a radio interview after last week's accident, Kim Hee-su, a prosecutor who investigated that capsizing, pointed to a number of similarities between the two incidents, including an overloaded ship and defunct life rafts. South Korea Premier Resigns Over Ferry Sinking 2014-04-28T07:01:42Z They seized another ferry run by the company and found that life rafts and escape chutes were not working properly. Boy who raised alarm on doomed Korean ferry had no time to call parents 2014-04-26T03:58:26Z On Friday, investigators said the life rafts in the other ferry did not function properly. Inquiry in Ferry Disaster Shifts to Safety Certification 2014-04-25T09:59:44Z Investigators on Friday said that life rafts and escape chutes on a sister ship to a sunken ferry were not working properly. Ferry relatives confront officials 2014-04-25T09:57:04Z But if the mortgage is “underwater” and a family owes more than their house is worth, that life raft is made of cement. Elizabeth Warren vs. Washington: Why she’s taking on the Beltway’s conventional wisdom 2014-04-23T11:45:00Z Mr. Oh said Mr. Lee first tried to get the ship’s life rafts deployed. Tipping Point: Chaos Ruled Sinking Ferry 2014-04-21T01:17:57Z It sank within about two hours and witnesses and media showed that two life rafts from the ship successfully inflated and launched. Divers struggle in search for South Korean ferry survivors 2014-04-18T00:15:53Z He and the nine other crew members spent several days in a life raft until rescue. Two World War II Veterans Honored 19 Soldiers Who Disappeared 70 Years Ago 2014-04-08T01:56:56Z Police in St Vincent and the Grenadines said Mr Garner was found on a life raft by coastguards investigating reports of a boat fire. Dead Briton 'had blast injuries' 2014-04-02T05:21:14Z Far from serving as a life raft for the industry, that business is leaking dollars, too. The Quest for a Natural Sugar Substitute 2014-01-01T10:00:02Z At the Queens Theater in the Park, Mr. Bloomberg’s annual gifts of $100,000, delivered anonymously starting the year he took office, amounted to a financial life raft that seemed to drop from the sky. Cost of Being Mayor? $650 Million, if He’s Rich 2013-12-30T02:49:39Z Others climbed the mast or made it into life rafts dropped to them from Coast Guard planes and helicopters. Haitian migrant clings to driftwood, is among 111 rescued in Bahamas 2013-11-27T17:52:00Z Rescuers also deployed life rafts and dropped food and supplies to the survivors, the Coast Guard said. Ten Haitian migrants die, 100 cling to capsized ship in Bahamas 2013-11-26T15:38:38Z Redford’s full-sized life raft passes within half a mile of two large cargo ships and even with flares still can’t get their attention. Satellite 'Search And Rescue' Imaging Finally Comes Of Age 2013-11-25T12:50:00Z "The intention was to get the crew into a life raft, but the situation was getting quite severe, so the helicopter recovered all five crew." Fishermen rescued from sinking boat 2013-11-03T11:21:49Z But it is possible survivors are on board the life raft or made land, they add. Missing yacht Nina 'presumed sunk' 2013-06-29T11:16:53Z The boat sank so quickly they were unable to broadcast a mayday call, collect their lifejackets or manually launch the vessel's four-man life raft before they went overboard, the report said. Life raft failures blamed for deaths 2013-05-02T04:02:00Z As children, the young royals were often given ship chores to do, including cleaning Britannia’s life rafts. In pictures: Royal Yacht Britannia at 60 2013-04-15T15:50:16Z DigitalGlobe recruited thousands of online users to help sift through massive amounts of sat-photo images and tag anything that might look like the missing craft or its life raft. Satellite 'Search And Rescue' Imaging Finally Comes Of Age 2013-11-25T12:50:00Z A statement from organizers said Uncontrollable Urge's crew tried at one point to launch a life raft, before abandoning the vessel to swim to shore. Crew member killed during California sailboat race 2013-03-10T00:41:12Z Eleven of the Baltic Ace's 24 crew managed to scramble into four life rafts before the ship went down and were winched to safety by helicopters. Dutch trawl North Sea for survivors after ship sinks 2012-12-06T13:53:12Z A release unit used to secure the life raft in its cradle activated as the vessel sank. Life raft failures blamed for deaths 2013-05-02T04:02:00Z It used the type of watertight hatch that Derek first saw on life rafts washed up on South Shields beach at the end of the second world war. Derek Hutchinson obituary 2012-11-06T06:00:05Z One of them was pulled onto a life raft but the other two remained at sea, he said. Crew rescued from HMS Bounty in path of hurricane; captain missing 2012-10-29T23:07:11Z Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members who abandoned the replica tall ship HMS Bounty, using helicopters to lift them from life rafts. Hurricane Sandy Strengthens as Storm Nears Coast; Wall Street Shut 2012-10-29T16:15:02.833Z Later, an Air New Zealand Airbus 320 en route to Sydney from Auckland was also diverted before an Australian rescue plane arrived and dropped a life raft and satellite phone down to the stranded seaman. Canada plane finds Sydney sailor 2012-10-16T21:45:41Z The crew were forced to get into a life raft after the pumps failed and the boat sank. Five rescued after trawler sinks 2012-09-02T16:50:14Z "For two years we've been pumping up the life raft, taking decisions that fill it with just enough air to keep it afloat even though it has a leak," the diplomat said. Euro zone crisis heads for September crunch 2012-07-29T10:19:49Z The annual plant dies off, leaving the seeds as something like life rafts to carry the plant’s genetic heritage across to the next generation. Q & A: How Do the Seeds of Annual Plants Survive the Winter? 2012-06-25T22:25:10Z He said the survivors were floating on life rafts. Yacht hoax call 'came from land' 2012-06-12T19:55:33Z But no signs of debris, life rafts or people were found and the search was suspended on Monday night, the Coast Guard said. Hoax yacht distress call came from on land: Coast Guard 2012-06-12T19:26:12Z "They called the coastguard at an early stage, all wore life jackets and took to the life raft when the situation on board deteriorated." Five rescued after trawler sinks 2012-09-02T16:50:14Z Fighting the crisis, said the euro zone diplomat, is like trying to keep a life raft above water. Euro zone crisis heads for September crunch 2012-07-29T10:19:49Z Everyone on board was abandoning the craft, the caller said, and getting onto life rafts. City Room: Coast Guard Officials Detail What They Say Is Bogus Distress Call 2012-06-12T17:28:17Z A massive search was launched, but no signs of debris, life rafts or people were found and the search was suspended on Monday night, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard suspends yacht search, probes distress call as hoax 2012-06-12T14:39:44Z An emergency radio transmission said that a yacht had blown up and sunk, that 21 people aboard had made it into life rafts and that 7 were hurt. No Evidence of Yacht Explosion Off New Jersey, Coast Guard Says 2012-06-12T02:01:32Z An emergency radio caller said on Sunday the boat was sinking in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston and he and the five others aboard were climbing into a life raft. Coast Guard suspends search off Texas for fishing boat 2012-05-22T21:04:32Z All the boats except two Engelhardt life rafts were carried on this deck. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z Coast Guard officials determined that the call was a hoax after searchers were unable to find wreckage, life rafts or an oil slick near the reported spot of the explosion. City Room: Coast Guard Officials Detail What They Say Is Bogus Distress Call 2012-06-12T17:28:17Z A potential life raft popped up last year, when West Penn announced a partnership with Highmark Inc., a health insurer with 4.8 million members in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fair Game: Municipal Bonds Are Sometimes Still Lost in the Fog 2012-02-18T19:45:30Z Australia, which neighbors the Pacific nation, arranged for ships to help with rescue efforts and deployed planes to search for survivors and drop life rafts. Ferry Carrying 350 Sinks Off Papua New Guinea; 238 Rescued 2012-02-03T01:24:10Z The planes will be able to drop equipment, such as life rafts, he said. Ship Carrying 350 Sinks Off Papua New Guinea, Australia Says 2012-02-02T05:27:02Z In all there were 14 lifeboats, 2 cutters, and 4 Engelhardt life rafts. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z “It is as if we are all in the same life raft, and whether we like it or not we are forced to find rational solutions to this crisis.” Russian Liberals Weigh Alliance With Nationalists 2012-01-29T00:00:38Z Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Kurt Fredrickson said the boat’s pumps weren’t working and crew members began preparing life rafts in case they needed to abandon ship. University of Hawaii research vessel heads back to shore after taking on water north of Oahu 2012-01-07T01:25:43Z Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Kurt Fredrickson says the boat’s pumps weren’t working and crew members were preparing life rafts in case they needed to abandon ship. University of Hawaii research vessel heads back to shore after taking on water north of Oahu 2012-01-07T01:04:37Z Later, reports by the Interfax news agency said rescuers pulled four bodies from the sea, and found the two empty life rafts, leaving 49 people unaccounted for by early Sunday evening. Oil Rig Sinks in Storm Off Russia; 49 Missing 2011-12-18T12:37:12Z These nets bear the hallmarks of life rafts in the making, but the group couldn't be sure. Snails Ship Out on Scrambled Eggs 2011-10-10T17:00:00Z Some began to fall asleep, losing their grip on ropes tied to the life raft. Rescued oil workers describe days of floating on raft in Gulf after storm crippled vessel 2011-10-08T03:27:02Z All the life rafts what the officers ride on when we sink is full of holes. No title 2011-09-30T02:00:20.710Z The horn snails, he suspects, found their own life rafts: shore birds. Did Flying Snails Cross Mexico? 2011-09-14T00:01:00Z Or a patent portfolio could provide the financial or strategic life raft that enables an old-line company to survive and move into new and more successful lines of business. Mining Patent Gold: What Every CEO Should Know 2011-09-09T16:13:34Z There wasn’t any of the life rafts launched at all. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Coast Guard before escaping in a life raft. New Jersey boat owner and crew charged in sinking plot 2011-06-15T22:04:17Z “Goodness me! shall we have to take to the boat and the life raft?” demanded Amy. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z Mortensen said his mindset was to throw the bullpen a life raft. Mortensen saves Rockies' bullpen in loss to Giants 2011-04-19T04:44:08Z The time to think about going for a swim is not when you’re already in a life raft. Bucks: When Market Is in Turmoil, Fight the Urge to React 2011-03-16T13:00:20Z A disproportionate chunk of Demand Media's revenue comes directly from Google—making the search giant a life raft for the company. Demand Media's Planet of the Algorithms 2011-01-27T04:01:37Z Louie saw a life raft, almost certainly deployed by a crewman before impact, bobbing on the water. Louis Zamperini: survival of the fittest 2011-01-16T00:04:04Z Independence is a perilous path in the modern era, and the university needed that NBC life raft to give it a go at that juncture. Notre Dame and Miami took divergent paths to Sun Bowl 2010-12-25T00:35:00Z The merchant vessel, which is obviously a very large vessel compared to a 25-man life raft, are doing their utmost to rescue these people from those life rafts, onto that merchant vessel. Rescue under way for burning ship 2010-10-27T11:14:00Z |
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