Holy Cow! New Images Raise Hope for 7 People Missing on Schooner

[ScreamingMeemie]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/new-images-raise-hope-for-7-people-missing-on-schooner/

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New satellite images have identified what appears to be a floating vessel resembling a schooner that was carrying seven people off the coast of New Zealand where it vanished five months ago after a brutal storm.

The new grainy images captured in September have given the families of the seven people on board The Nina new hope that their loved ones might still be alive.

The parents of U.S. crew member Danielle Wright, 19, who helped commission the private company that secured the new images said they’re excited about the possible discovery of the schooner.

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The images, secured by a private search and rescue group, appear to show a vessel of the same size and shape of the 85-year-old wooden schooner named The Nina that was carrying American David Dyche, his wife, their teenage son, Wright and a crew of three others from New Zealand to Australia when it disappeared in June. The satellite images indicate that the floating vessel is drifting where it is believed the crew disappeared in the Tasman Sea.

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Of course, they need far more information, but this is amazing to think about.

[peace13]

1. Here's a another link.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11140086

Hope they manage to follow up on this.

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Me too.

It will be interesting. 5 months is a long time.