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Kin tells of brief call from doomed scallop boat
The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
CAPE MAY, N.J. — A relative of a crew member aboard a scallop boat that sank off the New Jersey coast in March says she got a satellite phone call from him just before the boat went down, killing him and five others.
Janet Greene says her phone rang shortly before 5 a.m. on March 24. The voice on the other end sounded like Royal Smith Jr., who had two sons with her daughter, Stacy.
Greene testified Wednesday at a Coast Guard hearing that she heard just one muffled word — "Hey" — before the call dissolved into static. She says it was hard to tell if Smith was scared.
The call came right around the time that authorities say the Lady Mary sank 60 miles southeast of Cape May.
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Nov 04, 2009 - 11:45 a.m. EDT
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