UPDATE: Potential sighting of missing fishing boat ignites new hope
Oct. 24—Editor's Note: This story has been updated with information from the U.S. Coast Guard.
The U.S. Coast Guard believes the flares the captain of a sailing vessel reported seeing on Saturday night off the coast of Charleston were from a SpaceX rocket launch and did not come from the Carol Ann, a missing Brunswick-based fishing boat.
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