WHITE SEAL FREIGHTER RESCUE NORTH CAROLINA

WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Jan. 24, 2003)--Seventeen rescued are glad to be back on ground after being hoisted off the 600-foot freighter White Seal January 24, which was disabled and taking on water 180 southeast of Elizabeth City, N.C. A U.S. Coast Guard flight crew on a Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City hoisted the Russian and Ukranian crew and delivered everyone safe and sound to Wilmington, N.C., International Airport. USCG photo by PA3 Krystyna Hannum