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In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the Coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small life boat face with frigid temperatures and 70 feet high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
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