(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members who abandoned the replica tall ship HMS Bounty while in the path of Hurricane Sandy off North Carolina, using helicopters on Monday to pluck them from life rafts, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard continued to search for the two missing crew members including the captain who abandoned ship about 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina when the vessel was in rough seas about 160 miles (260 km) from the storm's eye.
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