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Starved Man Rescued After Pal Dies At Sea
A 20 year old Laurinburg man, Sessoms, was rescued 12 days after setting sail on a fishing trip near Southport North Carolina. He survived on canned beans and raw fish after his companion J Eddie Boone died and was jettisoned overboard. The Hess Patrol picked up Sessoms and took him to hospital where he was given coffee and treated for exposure and starvation. The incident occurred as Dartmouth College tied to a Coast Guard rescue tale with no further details.
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Southport
N.C
Vee Boone
Sessoms
Harrisburg
Hess
Holt
Hevannah
Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth
Atlantic
Douglas Wilson Sessoms
Musick
Laurinburg
J. Eddie Boone
Laurin|ters
Southern California
USC
S. S
Boone
Coast Guard
Austin