DATE: March 13, 2008 5:40:12 AM EDT

The 97-foot fishing boat Captain Joe sank 30 miles east off the shore of Point Pleasant, N.J.,Wednesday, March 12, 2008, after the four people aboard abandoned ship. Two Coast Guard helicopter crews from Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., rescued the four men who were aboard a life-raft. U.S. Coast Guard file photo courtesy of Sector Field Office Atlantic City, N.J.