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SOS Call Triggers Swift Coast Guard Civilian Air Response
New York reports a commercial airliner in trouble 40 miles southeast of the city. Coast Guard units from Floyd Bennett Field and nearby shore stations respond with aircraft and vessels, joined by Navy transports and destroyer escorts, racing toward the crash area amid reports of no survivors.
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