Coast Guard Rescue Of Crew Of HMS Bounty (VIDEO)

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The Coast Guard has released video of its rescue of the crew of the replica tall ship HMS Bounty Monday off the North Carolina coast in the teeth of Hurricane Sandy:

 

Fourteen crew members were rescued by two Coast Guard helicopters. Two members of the crew remain missing. The rescue at 6:30 a.m. ET Monday ended a 12-hour saga that began with a distress call Sunday evening, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

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