Were gettg a look at the u. S. Coast guard stopping smugglers on the high seas. Nbeuspect incredible vi drug smugglers hiding 17,000 pounds of cocaine. Heres abcs pierre thomas. Reporter what youre looking at is a coast guard Interdiction Team in hot pursuit of suspected drug smugglers. A crew member screaming in spanish stop the boat. That boat on the run, a submarinelike vessel called a semisubmersible designed to keep a low profile. It had been spotted by a marine patrol aircraft hundreds of miles off the coast of the ecuadoran colombian border in the eastern pacific. Waves crashing, the coast guard finally pulling alongside. A member of the team dressed in Tactical Gear boards the vessel. Then pounding on the hatch demanding that the smugglers surrender. Inside the coast guard discovers five suspects and in excess of 17,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated 232 million. The same week that cocaine was confiscated in june, u. S. Authorities discovered this ship in the atlantic car
Were back with this dramatic video of Good Samaritans rescuing a man trapped inside a burning car in oklahoma. Police say his car crossed the center line and crashed into another vehicle. You can hear the anguish of a woman pleading for help. In the name of jesus you hear pops. After struggling, that man was pulled to safety, taken to the hospital with leg injuries. Two people in the other vehicle died. Just incredible video there. Again, you see that man being dragged out of the car. Just lucky to be alive this morning. Theres a new development in the search for that missing College Student in utah. She disappeared more than a week ago after taking a rideshare from the airport. Now police are questioning a person of interest. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter a tendayold case that seemed to go cold heating up. Detectives serving search warrants in the case of missing 23yearold College Senior Mackenzie Lueck, carrying out bags of evidence five miles from the park where lueck was dro
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