The Elite Navigator fishing boat caught fire and sank on Wednesday night, forcing the crew to hastily disembark and wait for rescue on the life raft. Searchers saw a light from their flare on Friday evening
There was a powerful word being repeated in the joyful Newfoundland community of New-Wes-Valley on Sunday: “ Miracle .”
Daphne Crocker leaned over her balcony and spread out her hands. “What a mighty God we serve,” she said about the fishermen coming home. A massive search soon followed, involving four coast guard ships, a Cormorant helicopter, a Hercules aircraft and many local fishing vessels. Fisher Toby Peddle was among them. He said he was terrified as he jumped off the sinking fishing boat as it was pulled down into the depths. He can’t swim, he said, and he didn’t have a survival suit on.
“He did the best job he could have possibly done. He kept everyone calm in the life raft for over 48 hours. He’s a hero.” They fired the final smoke flare in the boat at dusk on Friday, and it was spotted by the coast guard, he said. When he saw a helicopter flying overhead, “it was a moment of relief.”
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