Canada has suspended the search for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufo-debris-may-never-be-found-officials-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debris from an unidentified flying object</a> (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFO</a>) shot down over Lake Huron, according to officials.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) <a href="https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2023/lake-huron-search-debris-suspended-search-efforts-continue-yukon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced the decision</a> in a statement on Thursday.
&#8220;After conducting an extensive search in the Lake Huron area with the assistance of the Canadian Coast Guard and other domestic and international partners, a decision was reached to suspend the search due to several factors including deteriorating weather and the low probability of recovery,&#8221; RCMP said.
A U.S. fighter jet shot down the UFO over Lake Huron, which is located between Michigan and Canada, on Sunday. The UFO was one of three brought down by the U.S. military over North America in the past week over concerns that they endangered civilian aircraft and possibly were conducting surveillance, according to U.S. and Canadian officials. The two other UFOs were blasted out of the sky over Alaska and Canada&#8217;s Yukon territory, following a suspected <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-intel-watched-suspected-spy-balloon-take-off-from-china-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese spy balloon flyover</a> earlier this month.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday the debris from the UFO shot down over Lake Huron was believed to have landed on the Canadian side of the lake &#8220;in what is probably very deep water.&#8221; He also noted that searches were happening with the help of the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Daily Wire reached out to the U.S. Coast Guard for comment on whether the U.S. continues to search for debris. The Pentagon declined to comment. The weather forecast for locations on the U.S. and Canadian sides of the lake show temperatures below the freezing mark and snow for Thursday.
The search on Lake Huron included the Canadian Coast Guard&#8217;s CCGS Griffon, which carried a drone that would be assisted by helicopters, and the CCGS Samuel Risley icebreaker, equipped with underwater equipment, <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-we-know-about-the-search-for-two-flying-objects-shot-down-over-yukon-and-near-ontario-1.6272475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CTV News</a>.
Search-and-recovery operations for debris in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/canada-deploys-hazardous-materials-experts-in-search-for-downed-ufo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sparsely populated Yukon territory</a>, located in northwest Canada, remain active with the assistance of the Canadian Armed Forces, RCMP said on Thursday.
&#8220;The conditions are extremely challenging with a very large search area, spanning 3,000 square kilometers, and consisting of rugged and mountainous terrain with a high level of snowpack and harsh winter conditions,&#8221; RCMP said. &#8220;We commend our members and partners for their professionalism and dedication.&#8221;
RCMP also said the investigation is &#8220;in its very early stages and will take time.&#8221;
The Pentagon has described the UFO shot down over Lake Huron as appearing to be octagonal with strings attached. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, revealed on Tuesday that one missile fired by a U.S. fighter jet missed the UFO over Lake Huron and that missile landed <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3298235/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-and-army-gen-mark-a-milley-chairman-joi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;harmlessly&#8221; in the lake</a>. A <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unidentified-object-shot-down-lake-huron-missile-missed-general-mark-milley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second missile</a> from an F-16 brought down the flying object.
President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/politics/president-biden-downed-objects/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on Thursday</a> the three downed UFOs do not appear to have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-that-three-most-recent-downed-aerial-objects-not-linked-to-chinese-spy-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener">linked to any spy programs</a>. “We don’t yet know what these three objects were, but nothing right now suggests that they were related to China’s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance vehicles from any other country,” he said. &#8220;The intelligence community’s current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research.&#8221;

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Canada Suspends Lake Huron Search For UFO

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National Security

U.S.

The man who allegedly left a dead fish at “The Goonies” house then had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a yacht he stole capsized has been arrested, according to authorities. 
Law enforcement had reportedly been searching for the suspect since Wednesday when they were alerted to a video apparently <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jericho144000/videos/736561707774307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to social media showing 35-year-old Jericho Labonte, a <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/dead-fish-goonies-house-steals-boat-rescued-coast-guard/283-413e4394-2740-4b29-aedb-8dd76e2129d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian</a>, leaving a fish and dancing at the property in Astoria, Oregon, from the classic 1985 movie. An acquaintance reported the video to police, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-man-arrested-left-dead-fish-at-goonies-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. On Friday, the Coast Guard received a mayday call and posted a video of a yacht capsizing in rough waters during the successful rescue of Labonte from the mouth of the Columbia River. 
&#8220;I kind of got thrown around a little bit by the wave and then when I came up I noticed that the boat was pretty much in shambles,&#8221; said Petty Officer 1st Class Branch Walton, the rescue swimmer. &#8220;I was actually here for training as a student for the Advanced Helicopter Rescue School. I kind of got called on the case, kind of luck of the draw,&#8221; he added. 
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(2/4)…who launched motor life boats from STA Cape Disappointment, the air crews arrived on scene to find the vessel floundering in the surf! The surf made rescue by boat dangerous, so the aircrew decided to lower the rescue swimmer and have the owner enter the water for rescue… <a href="https://t.co/z92WvzpTG9">pic.twitter.com/z92WvzpTG9</a>
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Two Coast Guard air crews received a mayday call Friday morning during a training mission, according to tweets from the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest. They launched ships and found the boat “floundering in the surf,” making a boat rescue too dangerous. Instead, the Coast Guard lowered Walton into the water. 
“As he entered the water the vessel capsized but the rescue swimmer was able to safely recover the individual,” the Coast Guard tweeted. “He was flown back to Coast Guard Base Astoria where EMS was waiting to evaluate and treat the man.”
The suspect was then taken to a hospital and treated for mild hypothermia. The Astoria Police Department said in a Facebook post that it had “received calls from several citizens identifying the rescued victim as Labonte,” but he was discharged from the hospital “before his true identity was discovered.” 
Labonte allegedly covered the security cameras at the home and left the dead fish on the porch, then returned later to remove the fish. Police believe it was caught locally, as someone reported taking Labonte fishing on the same day the fish was left on the porch.
The owner of the 35-foot yacht reported it stolen Friday, according to Astoria Police Chief Stacy Kelly, who admitted it had “been a really odd 48 hours.” Labonte was arrested at a warming center in Seaside, Oregon, on charges of <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/crime/yacht-captain-rescued-amid-choppy-seas-is-allegedly-canadian-fugitive-wanted-for-leaving-a-dead-fish-at-the-goonies-house-but-canada-doesnt-want-him-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first-degree theft</a>, unauthorized use of a vehicle, criminal mischief, and endangering another person, according to Fox 12. He is <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/dead-fish-goonies-house-steals-boat-rescued-coast-guard/283-413e4394-2740-4b29-aedb-8dd76e2129d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> in ICE custody at the Northwest Detention Center in Washington.

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Man Who Left Dead Fish At ‘Goonies’ House Rescued After Stolen Yacht Capsized, Arrested, Police Say

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Three men were <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/3-nigerian-stowaways-found-ship-rudder-11-days-sea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discovered</a> on the rudder of a ship after they stowed away during an 11-day journey across the ocean from Nigeria to the Canary Islands. 
Two of the discovered stowaways were helped and put back on the ship in order to be deported. A local government spokesperson reportedly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigeria-stowaways-who-survived-11-days-ship-rudder-must-return-home-spanish-2022-11-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the third person had hypothermia and dehydration and is still in a hospital on Gran Canaria, one of the islands. A law enforcement spokesperson told Reuters that the law in Spain states that if a stowaway doesn’t seek asylum, they have to be sent back to the original port by whomever runs the ship.
According to the coast guard, the men were saved by a coast guard ship around 7p.m. local time on Monday evening. 
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Three migrants rescued in Spain&#39;s Canary Islands, after apparently enduring an 11-day journey from Nigeria crouched on the rudder of a fuel tanker, should now be returned home under stowaway laws, a police spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. <a href="https://t.co/l8yQpjzyuG">https://t.co/l8yQpjzyuG</a> <a href="https://t.co/g51XlWKFJt">pic.twitter.com/g51XlWKFJt</a>
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Helena Maleno, director of Walking Borders, said that the stowaway men should have been told they had the right to request political asylum and should have been asked questions before they were put back on the boat, per Reuters. 
&#8220;The conditions of the journey are already an indication that something very serious may be behind it because the photos are incredible. We have never seen conditions like this where they have arrived alive,&#8221; Maleno pointed out. &#8220;These people have to be in a state of shock. They need a couple of days to recover and from there they can explain what they were running from to have made that decision.”
Many <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">migrants</a> attempt to get to Europe by way of the Canary Islands, but it is not a safe or pleasant journey. This year, over 11,600 people have come to the Spanish islands via ships, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-africa-business-migration-canary-islands-0373acc1d919249b1a8fe9f29044f736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
The MarineTraffic tracking site reportedly revealed that the boat departed from Nigeria on November 17 and got to Las Palmas on Monday — a distance of around 2,800 miles. 
In 2020, a 14-year-old teen <a href="https://elpais.com/espana/2020-12-12/relato-del-terrible-viaje-del-pequeno-prince.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrived</a> in Gran Canaria from Lagos after traveling for 15 days on a tanker’s rudder. He drank salt water and alternated sleeping in a hole located over the rudder with the other men on the journey.
&#8220;We were very weak. I never imagined it could be this hard,” he told outlet El Pais.
The amount of people coming to the Canary Islands from the western region of Africa has <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63791372" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skyrocketed</a> over the past few years.
As the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54491057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in 2020, from January to the end of July of that year, 3,269 migrants journeyed from West Africa to the Canary Islands. The number is almost a 600% spike from the same period of time in 2019, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Last year, the United Nation’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated there were 1,126 fatalities on the dangerous path.

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Three Stowaways Found Alive On Ship’s Rudder After Almost 2,800 Mile Journey At Sea

Three Stowaways Found Alive On Ship's Rudder After Almost 2,800 Mile Journey At Sea To Canary Islands From Nigeria

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A 28-year-old man has been rescued from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gulf-of-mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gulf of Mexico</a> after falling off of a cruise ship and spending hours in the water.
The man, who has not yet been identified, was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-gulf-of-mexico-us-coast-guard-566d829e820cca9c1405f3c39370c2a4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rescued</a> by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/coast-guard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coast Guard</a> on Thanksgiving, hours after being reported missing. The man had apparently fallen off the Carnival Valor, a ship from the Carnival Cruise Line that was en route to Mexico.
USCG Lt. Seth Gross <a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/orleans/us-coast-guard-aiding-in-search-for-passenger-missing-from-carnival-valor-new-orleans/289-af499971-63e8-49d7-b492-6ea93492733c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">characterized</a> the rescue as “a miracle” in an interview with WWL-TV.
&#8220;I will say one of the highlights of my Coast Guard career was calling the family who was onboard the Carnival Valor to let them know their son was alive and en route to additional medical care,&#8221; Gross said. “Truly just a miracle especially on a holiday like Thanksgiving where it&#8217;s predominantly around family and spending time together.&#8221;
Gross said that the rescued man was stable, but appeared to have mild hypothermia, shock, and dehydration.
The ship was in the midst of a five day cruise beginning in New Orleans, and including stops in Cozumel and Progreso in Mexico. The man’s sister reported him missing after he had not returned to his room after leaving to go to the bathroom at around 11 p.m. Wednesday evening.
Rescue crews had to be on the lookout for a search area about the size of Massachusetts since the ship had gone 200 miles since the man had last been seen.
After being spotted in the water by a cargo ship, a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/339cd16" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pulled</a> the man out of the water and brought him to an emergency medical care unit in New Orleans. He was lifted out of the water at about 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after spending hours in the water.
“We are beyond grateful that this case ended with a positive outcome,&#8221; Gross said. &#8220;It took a total team effort from Coast Guard watchstanders, response crews, and our professional maritime partners operating in the Gulf of Mexico to locate the missing individual and get him to safety. If not for the alert crew aboard the motor vessel Crinis, this case could have had a much more difficult ending.”
The Coast Guard Heartland shared footage on Twitter of the rescue.
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Footage from the rescue of the cruise ship passenger last night. Can also be downloaded here: <a href="https://t.co/xk0pBnVr1E">https://t.co/xk0pBnVr1E</a> <a href="https://t.co/GK1IXCKlgx">pic.twitter.com/GK1IXCKlgx</a>
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Thanksgiving ‘Miracle’: Man Rescued From Gulf Of Mexico Hours After Falling Off Cruise Ship

Man Rescued From Gulf Of Mexico Hours After Falling Off Cruise Ship

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged answering a question during Tuesday&#8217;s press briefing on the matter of President Joe Biden praising a group of Coast Guard rescue swimmers that included a guardsman who could face termination because he has not received a COVID vaccine.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-havent-heard-back-from-biden-on-if-hell-reimburse-florida-for-storm-damage-put-politics-aside/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden</a> personally thanked a Coast Guardsman for saving a 94-year-old woman in the aftermath of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thousands-of-florida-households-facing-financial-ruin-in-wake-of-hurricane-ian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Ian</a>, but the hero expects to be fired within days for rejecting the COVID vaccine, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/coast-guard-hero-praised-by-biden-for-saving-lives-after-ian-facing-discharge-over-covid-jab-refusal">reported</a>. Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Zach Loesch earned praise in a Friday phone call from the commander in chief for kicking in a wall to save a trapped, wheelchair-bound woman and her husband.
“I told him how proud of him I was and thanked him for all the work he and his Coasties are doing to save lives,” Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/30/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-call-with-lieutenant-commander-christopher-hooper-and-aviation-survival-technician-second-class-zach-loesch-of-the-u-s-coast-guard/">said</a> in a press release that thanked Loesch and Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hooper “for the heroic work that they and their Coast Guard colleagues have performed during search and rescue operations in response to Hurricane Ian.”
But the next time Loesch hears from a federal official, it could be to learn his career is over. Loesch said in an interview that he had applied for a religious exemption to avoid taking the COVID vaccine but does not expect it to be honored.
Jean-Pierre was asked about the matter during Tuesday&#8217;s press briefing.
&#8220;The president recently praised a group of Coast Guard rescue swimmers. One of them reportedly faces termination because he isn’t vaccinated,&#8221; a reporter said. &#8220;I’m curious, given the threats that we’re facing abroad, would the president ever reconsider that vaccination requirement or consider issuing more exemptions?&#8221;
&#8220;So, as you — as — as you can imagine, the president has the most — the deepest respect for the U.S. Coast Guard,&#8221; Jean-Pierre claimed. &#8220;That is something that you would hear from him directly. And the country — the president and the country are grateful for all of the U.S. Coast Guard heroes that have led the effort to save lives in Florida. We have seen that with our very own eyes these past couple of days.&#8221;
&#8220;I would refer you specifically to the U.S. Coast Guard on this — on this issue, on this individual questions. It’s not something that I would comment from here,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;But, you know, there, of course, have been multiple vaccination requirements, as you know, in place for quite some time. And — but, again, I’m not going to comment here — from here on an individual case.&#8221;
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WH Responds To Biden Praising Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Facing Termination Over Lack Of Vaccination

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Hurricane Ian

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-havent-heard-back-from-biden-on-if-hell-reimburse-florida-for-storm-damage-put-politics-aside/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a> personally thanked a Coast Guardsman for saving a 94-year-old woman in the aftermath of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thousands-of-florida-households-facing-financial-ruin-in-wake-of-hurricane-ian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Ian</a>, but the hero expects to be fired within days for rejecting the COVID vaccine.
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Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Zach Loesch earned praise in a Friday phone call from the commander in chief for kicking in a wall to save a trapped, wheelchair-bound woman and her husband. The guardsman hoisted the woman in her wheelchair to a waiting helicopter, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/10/01/biden-thanks-coast-guard-rescue-swimmer-hes-kicking-out-vaccine-mandate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Breitbart</a>, which interviewed him.
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“I told him how proud of him I was and thanked him for all the work he and his Coasties are doing to save lives,” Biden said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/30/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-call-with-lieutenant-commander-christopher-hooper-and-aviation-survival-technician-second-class-zach-loesch-of-the-u-s-coast-guard/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release from the White House</a> that thanked Loesch and Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hooper “for the heroic work that they and their Coast Guard colleagues have performed during search and rescue operations in response to Hurricane Ian.”
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Zach Loesch is an American hero saving lives in Florida and the Biden Administration is kicking him out of the Coast Guard for refusing the jab.
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Biden said Hooper’s team also saved a one-month-old baby. It was not clear where the rescues occurred.
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But the next time Loesch hears from a federal official, it could be to learn his career is over. Loesch told the news outlet he had applied for a religious exemption to avoid taking the COVID vaccine but does not expect it to be honored.
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“If I had asked any of the people I saved yesterday if they wanted to come with me even though I am unvaccinated, every single one of them would have said ‘yes,’” he said.
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Loesch, who also saved several pets, said he did not mention his vaccination status or anticipated dismissal in the call with Biden, saying it would not have been appropriate.
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“It just sucks that he thanked me yet the vaccine mandate is what’s kicking me out,” he said. “I just love my job and I’m really good at it. It sucks. I feel like this is the job that I was born to do.”
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As of Saturday afternoon, the Coast Guard had rescued or aided 442 people and 89 pets in Florida and South Carolina.
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More than 2,600 members of the U.S. Coast Guard and thousands more from other military branches remain unvaccinated. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin last year made the COVID vaccine mandatory for all service members, including those at the military academies. Most of the servicemembers who have refused the jab have been given general discharges, meaning they can receive benefits and rejoin the military if they get the vaccine, according to <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/04/27/the-vast-majority-of-troops-kicked-out-for-covid-vaccine-refusal-received-general-discharges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Military Times</a>.
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There are multiple lawsuits challenging the mandate, including two in South Carolina and Texas involving Coast Guard Academy cadets who were kicked out for refusing the vaccine.
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Coast Guard Hero Praised By Biden For Saving Lives After Ian Facing Discharge Over COVID Jab Refusal

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Florida

The U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/coast-guard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coast Guard</a> has rescued nearly two dozen people in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> as of Thursday morning following the devastation from <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/hurricane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Ian</a>, with more rescues expected throughout the day.
Hurricane Ian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-hurricane-ian-slams-into-florida-as-powerful-category-4-hurricane">made landfall</a> Wednesday on the state&#8217;s Gulf Coast at nearly the strength of a Category 5 storm. With winds exceeding 150 miles per hour, the system was tied for the fourth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the Sunshine State, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1575204991488299010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575204991488299010%7Ctwgr%5Ece820ce40e8433581c5d655e7582e860e3dc2457%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fbreaking-hurricane-ian-slams-into-florida-as-powerful-category-4-hurricane">data</a> from Colorado State University meteorologist Philip Klotzbach.
Coast Guard Deputy Commandant Peter Gautier remarked during an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6313019896112">interview</a> with Fox News that personnel have already rescued 23 people.
“The top priority… is saving lives,” Gautier explained. “In the days leading up to the storm’s landfall, the Coast Guard moved all its cutters, aircraft, and small boats out of the area so that we could be positioned to bring those back in. That’s happening right now as we speak.”
“We expect that to grow as the day goes on,” he added, noting that the Coast Guard is primarily relying upon helicopters while local law enforcement officers use shallow boats.
Multiple regions of Florida over which the storm has passed — including Hardee County, DeSoto County, and Lee County — are experiencing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/millions-left-without-power-as-hurricane-ian-devastates-florida">power outage rates</a> approaching 100%. More than 2.5 million homes and businesses in the state were left without electricity on Thursday morning as utility companies began work to repair the state’s grid. Most outages are concentrated in central Florida, with minimal outages in the western part of the state and some outages in the Miami area.
Some portions of western Florida experienced storm surges as high as 18 feet, presenting difficulties to officials attempting to coordinate rescue efforts. “You start by eyeball. You do a very quick search from the air, and you look and see folks on roofs who need assistance,” Gautier said of the rescue process. “We need to cross-reference streets which aren’t recognizable when communities are flooded.”
Gautier, who aided in the responses to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey, characterized Hurricane Ian as “up there” in terms of severity. “What we haven’t seen traditionally is the combination of massive storm surge from the wind-driven waves and water coming from the ocean and up into the rivers,” he said, also referencing “the historic amount of rain in such a short period of time.”
As of Thursday morning, winds had weakened to 65 miles per hour, rendering Hurricane Ian a tropical storm. According to a <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/291500.shtml">forecast</a> from the National Hurricane Center, however, the storm has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-now-expect-ian-to-become-a-hurricane-again-storm-is-stubbornly-veering-off-course-and-speeding-up-agency-warns">remained more powerful</a> than initial estimates, threatening South Carolina and Georgia as winds gain speed and the system becomes “a hurricane again.”
“Ian has stubbornly gone east of the track forecast for the past couple of days and has moved back over water faster than expected,” the agency said. “A mid-level shortwave rough moving southward across the southern United States should turn Ian northward overnight and north-northwestward on Saturday.”
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2022/09/28/governor-ron-desantis-issues-updates-on-state-preparedness-for-hurricane-ian-6/">announced</a> that he requested complete disaster reimbursement from the federal government to ensure that Florida can “quickly move forward into response and recovery.” The state government has mobilized 42,000 linemen, 7,000 National Guardsmen, and 179 aircraft to handle the hurricane response.

Coast Guard Rescues Dozens From Ian’s Path Of Destruction; Millions Without Power

Coast Guard Rescues 23 People Following Hurricane Ian

Hurricane

Natural Disaster

When <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Biden</a> declared on “60 Minutes” last week, “The pandemic is over,” he made more of an observation than a declaration. The vast majority of Americans left <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a> fear and restrictions behind long ago and have gone back to living their lives in much the same way as they did before 2020.
Yet not everyone has been able to move on. On September 23, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, allegedly discharged seven cadets after denying their requests for religious exemptions to the military’s COVID vaccine mandate. Now, two highly-decorated retired admirals are demanding to know why.
All between the ages of 18 and 22, the cadets say when their religious exemption appeals were <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/cadets-ordered-off-coast-guard-academy-campus-for-refusing-covid-vaccination">denied</a> on August 18, they were told they must leave campus in less than 24 hours or face being escorted off the grounds by guards. This forced two, who did not have homes to which they could return, to respectively live out of a car and find refuge with another cadet’s family.
“When I tried to explain that I did not have a good home life, and was in tears about having to return to my family, I was simply [asked], ‘Why hadn’t you thought before of what to do if this happened?’” one of the cadets, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, told The Daily Wire. “They told me I needed to patch it up with my family. I was not given any support or offered additional housing opportunities.” When she later contacted the Academy to let them know her family was not, as she’d expected, willing to take her in, she says it took the Academy two days to respond, and then only to tell her to “be ready to engage local law enforcement if needed.”
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<div id="attachment_441456" style="width: 343px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-441456" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-441456" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/F6F8A456-DAF3-4A5D-8D32-D7F01E8C3989-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="333" height="333" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/F6F8A456-DAF3-4A5D-8D32-D7F01E8C3989-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/F6F8A456-DAF3-4A5D-8D32-D7F01E8C3989-576x576.jpg 576w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/F6F8A456-DAF3-4A5D-8D32-D7F01E8C3989-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/F6F8A456-DAF3-4A5D-8D32-D7F01E8C3989-768x768.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/F6F8A456-DAF3-4A5D-8D32-D7F01E8C3989-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/F6F8A456-DAF3-4A5D-8D32-D7F01E8C3989.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px" />Six of the seven discharged cadets. Photos Courtesy of Mike Rose</div>
As the Academy allegedly did not provide the cadets with money for travel, they were obliged to charge hundreds of dollars in unexpected expenses to their credit cards, leaving them in dire financial straits while they waited for reimbursements they say they have yet to receive. They then lived in limbo for over a month after their sudden disenrollment, unclear if they could pursue jobs or other education as they waited to find out their fate with the Coast Guard.
All of this treatment, Ret. Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee and Ret. Rear Admiral Pete Brown tell The Daily Wire, is unacceptable.
<div id="attachment_441458" style="width: 255px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-441458" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-441458" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RADMBrown2star-1-245x300.jpg" alt="" width="245" height="300" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/RADMBrown2star-1-245x300.jpg 245w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/RADMBrown2star-1-470x576.jpg 470w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/RADMBrown2star-1-768x941.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/RADMBrown2star-1-1253x1536.jpg 1253w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/RADMBrown2star-1-1671x2048.jpg 1671w" sizes="(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px" />Ret. Rear Admiral Pete Brown, Photo courtesy of Brown</div>
Brown, himself an Academy graduate and former instructor, says it’s becoming harder to be proud of the military branch he served. “The core values on which the Coast Guard ought to be operating are respect and devotion to duty,” he says. “And these are young folks [who] really have a service orientation. They&#8217;re trying to do for the country, not trying to take from the country. And that opportunity is now being denied to them for reasons that truly seem arbitrary and capricious.”
Lee, who served as director for the Department of Homeland Security’s Task Force East joint interagency Maritime Counter Narcotics and Alien Migration mission, says the president’s recent comments make the decision even more indefensible.
“When the commander-in-chief himself says the pandemic is over, it’s time to let loose of this stuff and stop talking about it. Stop discharging trained people who want to serve, who are ready to serve. And let’s stop creating these gaps because the gaps equal reduction in readiness,” he says.
Lee points out that one of the cadets, a black, Haitian immigrant, was set to be honored with an award for exemplary leadership, as voted on by his peers. He received the news in an email following his disenrollment. Now that he’s been discharged, he will never receive it.
“That this young man was elected for that leadership award by his company is a big deal,” Lee says. “You get voted by your peers if you actually have leadership capability. So is the argument, ‘While we find him to be an extraordinarily capable and suitable leader, we find him unsuitable for military service because he won&#8217;t take a shot that is unnecessary and won&#8217;t even prevent the disease, as we now know?’”
The Coast Guard’s actions mark a striking difference from other service academies like West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy, which have allowed officers-in-training to remain while the issue makes its way through the courts.
Already, three federal courts have issued injunctions prohibiting the Air Force, Marines, and Navy from penalizing their service members who have outstanding religious exemption requests. Most recently, in September, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the federal government’s request to overturn a lower court order protecting Air Force service members from facing disciplinary action over faith-based refusals to take the vaccine. This likely led to the Marines and Navy deciding to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marine-corps-rescinds-penalties-service-members-seeking-vaxx-religious-accommodations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rescind</a> their policies of penalizing service members for claiming religious exemptions.
Even the Department of Defense Inspector General has <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/pentagon-in-potential-noncompliance-with-law-in-denying-religious-exemption-requests-to-vaccine-mandate-leaked-memo_4731004.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&amp;utm_campaign=mb-2022-09-15&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;est=q6%2FW7TUm9APK9RPA9Visn1I%2FXX%2B0DA0SHz4uZTIU58A%2FEDGuTL6HJ9utmfY%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> potential legal issues with the vaccine mandate. In a leaked memo, acting DoD Inspector General Sean O’Donnell conceded that the department is potentially violating religious liberty protections by rejecting service members’ objections to getting vaccinated. This was something 47 Republicans in Congress highlighted when they <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/republican-u-s-reps-urge-dod-to-end-vaccine-mandate-for-military/article_bfc247a2-350b-11ed-a22d-53dcd87c608d.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> the DoD to “immediately revoke” the vaccine mandate for service members.
<div id="attachment_441459" style="width: 250px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-441459" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-441459" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_5669-1-240x300.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="300" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/IMG_5669-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/IMG_5669-1-461x576.jpg 461w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/IMG_5669-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/IMG_5669-1.jpg 960w" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" />Ret. Vice Admiral William &#8220;Dean&#8221; Lee, Photo courtesy of Lee</div>
The cadets cite a variety of reasons for seeking religious exemptions. One takes issue with the fact that the vaccines were developed with the aid of abortion-derived cell lines. Another says that Christians are biblically obligated to treat their bodies as temples, so taking taking a vaccine that has rare but well-documented side effects to provide only limited protection against a virus that poses almost no risk to young, healthy individuals makes little sense. The cadets say that they all provided the Academy with signed determinations from military chaplains that their religious objections are sincere.
Pediatric cardiologist Dr. Kirk Milhoan, who also holds a Ph.D. in cardiovascular inflammation, says such <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/cardiologist-spike-proteins-generated-by-covid-19-vaccines-are-toxic-to-heart_4716233.html?welcomeuser=1">objections</a> are not just sincere, but reasonable.
Milhoan says 18 to 22-year-old males not only face the highest risk category of cardiac effects from the vaccine but this is especially true for athletic young men one would tend to find in the military service.
“There is a paper out from the national meeting of the American Heart Association in cell research that shows that the spike protein is a cardiac toxin. So the vaccine is now a known cardiac toxin. Do you want to give cardiac toxins to those who have a very, very low risk from the virus?”
Milhoan says while young women don’t have the same increased risk as young men, their likelihood of adverse reactions is still elevated as compared to the general population. Finally, he argues that as the federal government has now acknowledged the waning efficiency of the vaccine in preventing infection or spread of COVID, there’s even less reason not to respect religious objections.
Lee says he has been trying to get answers through official channels but has been rebuffed. His first email to Admiral Linda L. Fagan, who serves as commandant of the Coast Guard, went unanswered for a week until an assistant replied that she was on extended travel and would respond in a week or so — a reply Lee interprets as a brush off. He says he doesn&#8217;t want to throw rocks at his fellow service members, he only wants to advocate for the seven cadets who have no voice. &#8220;They have been singled out and expelled from the only U.S. military academy not willing to wait for the courts to sort this whole mandatory vaccine mess out,&#8221; he argues.
The Daily Wire reached out to the Coast Guard Academy but did not receive a response in time for publication.
What Lee suspects is that this decision is evidence of the armed forces becoming politicized. &#8220;I fear that the leaders of my former service have become minions and puppets of the administration, driven, in this case, by the Secretary of Homeland Security,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I say this because we have always remained in lock-step with our sister services on these matters…deviation on this one makes no logical sense.
The cadets’ discharge comes as other academies are embracing the progressive priorities of the Biden administration. On September 22, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/air-force-academy-diversity-training-tells-cadets-to-use-words-that-include-all-genders-drop-mom-and-dad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news broke</a> that the Air Force Academy is instructing its cadets in “gender-neutral language” and to avoid terms like “mom and dad” and “boyfriend or girlfriend.” Many believe it is this kind of focus on politics rather than military readiness that has led to a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/26/why-the-us-military-faces-a-growing-recruiting-crisis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recruitment crisis</a>, along with a <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/02/15/americans-trust-in-scientists-other-groups-declines/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">precipitous drop</a> in public trust.
“The church of woke-ology is alive and well in the United States military armed services,” Lee says. “Thou shalt worship at the altar or be persecuted.”

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Retired Admirals Demand Answers Over Coast Guard Cadets Allegedly Discharged For Vaccine Exemption Requests

Religion

Vaccine Mandate

A strategically located <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pacific-ocean" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Pacific</a> nation has announced a temporary ban on all U.S. and foreign military ships docking in its ports after a U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/coast-guard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coast Guard</a> ship was denied entry last week.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced this week that he was implementing a moratorium on foreign military forces docking at its ports. 
The announcement comes after the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Oliver Henry was looking to refuel at the Solomon Islands after conducting fishing patrols in the Pacific, but the boat was not cleared to dock at Guadalcanal. A British navy vessel that was part of the same patrol was also denied approval.
The Oliver Henry <a href="https://apnews.com/article/papua-new-guinea-us-coast-guard-solomon-islands-government-and-politics-b3aae9a2d5bede96034a5c7dac44772b">ended</a> up sailing to nearby Papua New Guinea to refuel before heading back to Hawaii.
“We’re disappointed in this decision,” <a href="https://news.usni.org/2022/08/30/solomon-islands-blocks-all-naval-port-visits-after-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-denied-entry">said</a> National Security Council spokesman John Kirby at a press briefing. “While the lack of diplomatic clearance for the Oliver Henry was regrettable, however, the United States is pleased that the U.S. Navy ship Mercy – it’s a hospital ship – received diplomatic clearance and was able to take port in Solomon Islands on the 29th.”
Sogavare pinned the denial of entry on miscommunication and bureaucratic delays and announced that he would re-examine the process for allowing military vessels to enter the ports. 
“To this end we have requested our partners to give us time to review and put in place our new processes before sending further requests for military vessels to enter the country. Once the new mechanism is in place, we will inform you all. We anticipate the new process to be smoother and timelier,” the prime minister <a href="https://solomons.gov.sb/pm-sogavare-clarifies-misinformation-on-us-coast-guard-vessel/">said</a>.
The move has some in the U.S. worried that it could signal a pivot by the island nation away from friendly relations with America and closer to China, with which it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-proposal-would-allow-china-to-send-troops-to-south-pacific-island-to-keep-social-order">signed</a> a controversial security pact earlier this year. Former State Department official Charles Edel <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/us/politics/solomon-islands-us-military-china.html">told</a> The New York Times that the move could indicate increasing ties to the communist nation. The Solomon Islands are located near key American allies in the Pacific, like Australia and New Zealand. 
“[G]iven the larger context of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare’s recent signing of a secretive security agreement with China, his acceptance of a bid from Huawei to build cell towers in the Solomon Islands and his increasing reluctance to cooperate with the U.S. and Australia, this decision reflects a concerning trend,” Edel said. 
The Solomon Islands&#8217; decision to temporarily ban foreign military vessels from docking at its ports also follows Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s visit to the South Pacific. The Tennessee Republican met with leaders from the Solomons, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji in the hope of strengthening U.S. ties to the island nations. 
Blackburn also lashed out at China in a statement following the trip. 
“The Indo-Pacific Region is the next frontier for the New Axis of Evil,” she <a href="https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2022/8/senator-blackburn-concludes-congressional-delegation-visit-to-fiji-the-solomon-islands-and-papua-new-guinea">said</a>. “We must stand against the Chinese Communist Party. In Washington, I’ve introduced legislation to permanently expand our diplomatic footprint in the area.”

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South Pacific Nation Pausing Naval Port Visits After U.S. Coast Guard Ship Blocked

South Pacific Nation Placing Pause On Welcoming U.S. Navy Ships Months After Security Deal With China

China

Pacific Ocean

Passengers aboard the Norwegian Sun cruise ship felt a sudden jolt on Saturday when the 78,000-gross-ton vessel plowed into a low-peak iceberg about the size of a semi-truck that glaciologists have dubbed growlers while in transit to Hubbard Glacier in Alaska.
While cruising on a nine-night voyage from Seattle, Washington, the Titanic-like incident terrified some of the 2,000 passengers. One video obtained by the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/norwegian-cruise-line-ship-hits-iceberg-near-alaska/">New York Post</a> showed footage of the growler — which typically span less than 6.6 feet across and float with less than 3.3 feet showing above water, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
&#8220;That&#8217;s what hit the boat,&#8221; the passenger said. &#8220;Oh, my goodness, I&#8217;m shaking.&#8221;
Another passenger onboard, Jennifer Lopez — not the artist — told <a href="https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/norwegian-cruise-ship-hits-iceberg-alaska">Fox Weather</a> that the impact knocked her over while jogging on the vessel&#8217;s running track.
&#8220;It was a pretty hard hit,&#8221; Lopez said. &#8220;It seems that we sliced the glacier right through the middle. It was frightening, but was more frightening was that we continued to sail.&#8221;
Another passenger told the <a href="https://www.juneauempire.com/news/iceberg-ahead-passengers-remain-stuck-on-a-norwegian-cruise-line-ship-in-juneau-after-it-struck-ice/">Juneau Empire</a> that the vessel came to a complete stop from the impact.
&#8220;It was a scary experience,&#8221; Alicia Amado said while describing the impact producing a &#8220;big noise.&#8221;
Norwegian Cruise Line said to <a href="https://www.cruisehive.com/norwegian-cruise-line-cancels-remainder-of-voyage-after-ship-hits-iceberg/75287">Cruise Hive</a> that while transiting to its destination, dense fog engulfed the ship, which limited its visibility, resulting in the cruise line making contact with a growler.
The cruise line told Fox Weather that the ship sailed to Juneau, Alaska, for further assessment, where officials decided to cut short the scheduled voyage.
&#8220;The cruise scheduled to embark on June 30, 2022, will be canceled so that the necessary repairs can be made,&#8221; the cruise line said. “The ship was given clearance by the United States Coast Guard and other local maritime authorities to return to Seattle at reduced speed.&#8221;
U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist Melissa McKenzie told Fox Weather that the “Norwegian Sun sustained damage to the starboard bow (right, front) of the ship after making contact with an iceberg &#8230;”
&#8220;Contracted divers along with a member from the Coast Guard Sector Juneau Prevention Team assessed the damage and deemed it seaworthy to make way to its home port in Seattle for repairs,&#8221; McKenzie said.
Passengers sailed at a reduced speed, making it back to their final destination. No injuries were reported.
Aside from the initial scare, one family onboard didn&#8217;t waste the moment and took the opportunity to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/norwegian-cruise-line-ship-hits-iceberg-near-alaska/">recreate</a> their rendition of James Cameron&#8217;s 1997 blockbuster film &#8220;Titanic.&#8221;

Coronavirus Pandemic Causes Climate Of Anxiety And Changing Routines In America

Norwegian Cruise Line Cuts Voyage Short After Striking Iceberg Off Alaskan Coast, Shaking Passengers 

Alaska

James Cameron

Weather

One thing led to another as cheating allegations between a handful of cruise ship passengers escalated into an all-out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">brawl</a> that lasted for an hour, eventually involving some 60 individuals and spanning five floors.
Theresa James, who said she is a travel agent and witnessed the event, told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/carnival-cruise-video-brawl-alleged-cheating">Fox News Digital</a> that passengers’ significant others found out about an alleged threesome. Beginning on the ship’s fifth floor at 2:00 in the morning, the brawl “lasted about an hour” and “took the parties involved” all the way to the first floor, according to the outlet.
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“Bottles were smashed and a woman was also cut in the melee, although no serious injuries were reported,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10967953/60-person-brawl-Carnival-Cruise-ship-dance-floor-lasted-HOUR-began-cheating-lover.html">The Daily Mail</a> summarized. “A couple of ship security guards attempted to break up the fight where they could — however, they were vastly outnumbered.”
James — calling the brawlers &#8220;ignorant fools acting stupid&#8221; — estimated that up to 60 people may have been involved and credited security with ending the altercation.
One Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/nyeem0/status/1541787752286535680">recounted</a> that he was “at the bar listening to my own music sipping a shirley temple,” when “the brawl broke out of nowhere.” Passengers were “squabbling for sureeee, injured and cut up from glass.”
With respect to the security guards who attempted to stop the melee, the user <a href="https://twitter.com/nyeem0/status/1541789900814667778">commented</a> that “they don’t pay them enough to get caught in the crossfire lol,” even though “he was trying to stop em.” The individual “went to the dj booth and asked to make a request.”
According to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/28/carnival-cruise-ship-docks-in-nyc-after-dance-floor-brawl/">The New York Post</a>, the U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/coast-guard">Coast Guard</a> was called and managed to escort the ship into a Manhattan port. New York Police Department (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nypd">NYPD</a>) officers were present as passengers left the ship, which was returning to the East Coast after departing from New Jersey and traveling to several Caribbean islands.
“Last night while Carnival Magic was returning to New York, a number of guests were involved in an altercation in a nightclub,” the cruise company said in a statement. “Thankfully no serious injuries were reported and our onboard security team intervened. The ship arrived as scheduled this morning and shoreside law enforcement authorities were notified and met the ship to interview suspects and witnesses and conduct an investigation.”
Law enforcement is still attempting to determine which jurisdiction will be responsible for prosecuting the incident.
“No information was immediately available on arrests,” The New York Post reported. “Officials could not confirm by the afternoon whether the fight would be handled by the NYPD, New Jersey authorities, or if it happened in international waters.”
According to <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/dance-floor-brawl-on-nyc-bound-cruise-ship-sparks-emergency-response/3752985/">NBC New York</a>, “no injuries were reported and no weapons were involved.”
“Neither the Coast Guard nor the NYPD boarded the vessel,” the outlet added. “Passengers disembarked without further incident upon their NYC arrival Tuesday.”
The Carnival Magic was <a href="https://www.carnival.com/cruise-ships/carnival-magic">constructed</a> in 2011 and registered in Panama. The vessel, which can carry 130,000 in gross tonnage, can host over 3,600 guests and 1,386 crew members for trips that last from two to nine days. The ship sails to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, New England, and the Caribbean, and departs from Orlando, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; New York, New York; and Miami, Florida.

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Threesome Allegation Derails Cruise, Sparks Five-Story Brawl, Coast Guard Gets Involved

Coast Guard Gets Involved In Massive Cruise Ship Brawl Near New York

NYPD

A historic World War II Fletcher-class destroyer is sinking in Buffalo, New York, following some sort of major breach of the ship&#8217;s hull on Wednesday, and officials are still not exactly sure what happened.
The United States Coast Guard Sector Buffalo first posted about the incident on Wednesday, saying that efforts were underway to &#8220;locate the source of the flooding and eventually de-water the vessel once it’s been patched.&#8221;
&#8220;Dewatering efforts continue with positive progress, large dewatering pumps capable of removing water at 13000+ gallons per minute have been placed onsite. It’s been estimated there are more than 3 million gallons of water inside the ship,&#8221; the Coast Guard said.
Paul Marzello, the President and CEO of the Buffalo Naval Park, stated on Thursday that “failure is not an option, and we will remove the water from the ship.”
The Coast Guard later gave an update on Friday, saying that &#8220;dewatering operations onboard USS The Sullivans has [sic] temporarily halted due to the introduction of fuel oil into the water.&#8221;
&#8220;The progressive flooding and positioning of the ship has caused oil from consolidated tanks onboard to leak and escape from the vessel,&#8221; the update added. &#8220;Cleanup efforts have begun and will continue until the oil has been removed from the harbor.&#8221;
Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown said that efforts were underway to &#8220;evaluate the situation and take appropriate action to preserve this critical piece of our nation’s naval heritage.&#8221;
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/us/uss-sullivans-buffalo-sinking.html">noted</a> the historical significance of the ship:
<blockquote>Commissioned in 1943, The Sullivans is one of four remaining examples of the Fletcher-class destroyer left in the world, according to the park. The ship measures 376 feet long and was crewed by 310 sailors.
Named after five brothers who died during the battle of Guadalcanal, the destroyer left Pearl Harbor in 1944 and served in the Pacific for the remainder of World War II. According to the U.S. Navy, The Sullivans bombarded airfields on Iwo Jima, defended against Japanese air attacks, searched for submarines, rescued American sailors and Japanese merchant seaman, and supported the invasion of Okinawa.</blockquote>
Last year, a local NBC affiliate <a href="https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/uss-the-sullivans-is-in-danger-of-sinking/71-eb9c6223-3986-4427-96c2-e966fbbdaad3">reported</a> that the ship had started to take on water and that it was in danger of sustaining significantly more damage due to the climate conditions in the area.
“Routine hull maintenance is required with ships of this age,” Marzello said. “The harsh Buffalo winter weather has severely damaged the hull of USS The Sullivans below the waterline, so there is significant water coming into the ship. She is currently listing to port quite noticeably. If we cannot repair the hull and stop the water, she will sink.”

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Historic World War II Naval Ship Sinking In New York, Officials Unsure Of ‘Origins’ Of Water Breach: Report

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