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The Coast Guard said five members of a sailboat were rescued after their vessel took on water off Cape Hatteras on Nov. 7

A helicopter recovered the victims from a life raft

The maritime agency didn't state what led to the boat sinking

Five people were rescued after their sailboat sank hundreds of miles off a North Carolina cape, authorities said.

The incident happened on Friday, Nov. 7, about 260 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras, the maritime law enforcement agency stated in a news release .

The victims were from Connecticut and Rhode Island and were headed to the Bahamas when the sailboat, Magic Bus , sank, CT Insider reported. The Coast Guard did not mention what caused the sailboat to sink.

Coast Guard officials were notified by the crew of the Magic Bus

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