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8 rescued from boat near Statue of Liberty

Eight people have been rescued after their boatran aground and started taking on water near the Statue of Liberty.

Coast Guard spokesman David Schuhlein says the36-foot pleasure boat hit a sandbar around 5 p.m. Sunday betweenLiberty Island and Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J.

Schuhlein says the eight adults aboard were wearing life jacketsand weren't hurt. Six were taken to...

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