A yacht with 21 people on board has exploded off the coast of New Jersey.

[SteveE]

U.S. Coastguard: A yacht with 21 people on board has exploded off the coast of New Jersey.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/11/us-usa-yacht-accident-idUSBRE85A1ID20120611

 

[njsail]

The name of the boat is "Blind Date". This is said to happen 17 miles right off my coast (yes I'm from New Jersey, USA). I watched an aerial video clip and by the looks of it they have a lot of assets on the dock waiting for the injured. I counted several helicopters, a dozen ambulances and a host of other emergency vehicles. Hopefully everyone is ok.

 

[semisimple]

The BBC is now suggesting that this was a hoax.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18404132

If it was, what a horrible thing to do...

 

[Richard Shead]

Blind date ( all of them) are very well known. If it try went down the crew forums would be full of it and I can't find anything at the moment. Then again it's not unusual for the odd superyacht to sink nowadays ..

 

[Zen Zero]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/sandy_hook_boat_explosion.html

Hoax! ******* ******* ********!

 

[Liz_I]

How horrendous. I really hope they catch whoever made the call and throw the book at him/her.
Imagine the future scenario when all emergency calls have to be verified before action is taken.