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A New Jersey fire rescue boat was sunk in a “harrowing” freak accident involving a whale, sending the whole crew overboard and in need of rescue themselves while the vessel was returning from New York Harbor’s Fourth of July celebrations. Carteret Fire Department Marine Unit 2 was returning from a security detail during America’s 250th anniversary celebrations near the Statue of Liberty when the ship suddenly shook around 4:30 p.m., the Carteret Fire Department said.  A whale had breached the ocean’s surface directly underneath the boat, striking its stern as it approached the mouth of Raritan Bay, between New Jersey…

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