Search for survivors halted after Massachusetts fishing boat lost at sea

One dead and six missing as body and life boat from Lily Jean found after its disappearance from Gloucester portThe search for survivors of a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Massachusetts with seven aboard has been suspended, the US Coast Guard said Saturday.The coast guard had launched a search-and-rescue mission early Friday after receiving an alert from the 72ft Lily Jean about 25 miles (40km) off Cape Ann. Searchers found a debris field near where the alert had been sent along with a body in the water and an empty life raft, the coast guard said. Continue reading...