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Haunting clues emerge in 7-year fishing boat mystery

Green Oceans of Rhode Island says the Mistress wreckage sits fifty feet from a Block Island Wind Farm turbine; the cause of the 2019 sinking is still unclear.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA fishing boat called the Mistress sank in twenty nineteen.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis morning a company called Green Oceans of Rhode Island says it found the wreckage, fifty feet from a Block Island Wind Farm turbine, according to Fox News.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifty feet. So the turbine did it?

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody has said that. The find raises questions about the sinking, and that's all it does so far.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDoes this affect me? I live in Ohio, but I do eat fish.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot directly. It's a seven-year-old mystery on the Rhode Island coast, and nothing in the report says your dinner is in danger.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, what happens next, and can I guess why it sank?

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat happens next is unclear, and so is the cause. The only confirmed thing is where it was found, so I'd skip the guessing.

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