After a spate of deadly shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, a video circulated in Facebook posts saying it showed a tragic boat crash off Libya The footage actually shows the US coast guard rescuing a suspected boat thief near Oregon last month
Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in false posts and the BBC News tweet :Navy Times reported that the US coast guard undertook the dramatic rescue on February 3 after a suspected boat thief got into difficulty amid high winds and waves.
BBC News also published an article on the rescue, which credited the footage to the US Coast Guard in the Pacific Northwest.the clip in a Twitter thread about the incident. Below is a screenshot comparison between the video in false posts and the video in the coast guard's tweet :"The surf made rescue by boat dangerous, so the aircrew decided to lower the rescue swimmer and have the owner enter the water for rescue," the coast guard tweeted.
"As he entered the water the vessel capsized but the rescue swimmer was able to safely recover the individual."
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