Coast Guard finds four missing divers off the coast of North Carolina
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USCG, Navy find 4 missing divers off North Carolina coast
The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy have successfully rescued four missing divers off the coast of North Carolina.
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Four divers who were reported missing Sunday afternoon off Cape Fear, North Carolina, have been found alive, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday.
The Coast Guard and Navy found and rescued the four divers about 46 miles southeast of Cape Fear River, authorities announced on social media.
The four men were reported missing to Coast Guard officials around noon Sunday after they were diving off a leisure boat called "Big Bill's" and did not resurface, authorities said.
Officials from Coast Guard sectors in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina, were notified and launched a search. The boat was found roughly 63 miles east of Myrtle Beach.
Authorities did not immediately release the identities of the divers.