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'We are abandoning ship'
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Distress call released in attempt to identify missing family off California coast
- Duration 1:30
- Date Feb 26, 2013
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Distress call released in attempt to identify missing family off California coast
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It's been very rare event.
The US Coast Guard believes this message came from a 24 foot sailboat taking in water we reviewed the transmissions that we've had -- as we have been reported.
And some of them are still unreadable after listening to them many many times at the Coast Guard said electronics onboard -- Bailey including GPS so they -- only able to approximate the boat's location.
Placing 65 miles off the coast of -- point heading south towards the end of -- -- US Coast Guard -- -- efforts to find the mother father -- their four year old and an eight year old cousin on board.
To date -- set up a plane a couple of chopper crews from air station in San Francisco and Sacramento.
The California Air National Guard 100 inch white Knight rescue being seen here during an operation last fall.
Also joined the search and rescue this afternoon.
And as of an hour ago for votes -- on the water stammering for any sign of life.
We didn't even understand there must be able to make a -- -- Baghdad -- whatever different pieces of equipment they are able to cobble together.
Factors to consider tonight the frigid water temperatures and no windows just where this -- it was coming from or heading to.
But for some reason there were no life rafts or survival suits on board and battered tired Halard hearings and media.
There -- -- in other boats along the way should be able to pick up.
Those transmissions -- -- -- even closing it here and it's week that thing analysts.