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  • 5/11/2025
Chronicles Nick Schuyler's dramatic rescue by the US Coast Guard 43 hours after a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico | dG1fdkd1b3Juc0lYR28
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00:01We were all going out on Marquise Cooper's boat.
00:08Marquise was an Oakland Raider.
00:10Corey Smith was also a pro.
00:12Corey Smith just uses speed, just runs right around the edge
00:15and gets to Tom Brady.
00:18Will Blakely was my best friend.
00:20We just had the greatest day.
00:22We were blissfully unaware of the cruel fate that awaited us.
00:25Everything happened so quick.
00:31The bow shot up, the reality quickly set in.
00:35We were good 70 miles out at sea.
00:39From there on, it just continued to get worse.
00:43We took positions on the boat and braced for the storm.
00:46What began as a fishing trip has now turned into a massive search and rescue operation.
00:52The question was, where were these guys?
00:57Time is of the essence to bring somebody home.
00:59They were searching an area the size of Delaware.
01:02We're getting thrown around in the waves.
01:05Don't give up!
01:06We're freezing.
01:07We were witnessing hypothermia in its most gruesome form.
01:11I kept thinking, I'm not going to make it another night.
01:14Rescuers are still searching the waters off of Tampa, Florida for two NFL players and their friends.
01:22We've got to get there yesterday.
01:23We've got to go as fast as we can.
01:25You're just kind of thinking, how can anyone survive this?
01:27It felt like our lives were in the hands of God.
01:30.
01:40You know doing the story?
01:43I, who knows.
01:49To be warned that fury, I'm sort of a Jew, grand.

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