Sirens were known for their enchanting voices who lured sailors to their ultimate demise.
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Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
24 May 2025
This past week, a tragic accident happened when the Mexican Navy’s training ship, Cuauhtémoc, crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, claiming the lives of a young naval cadet and a sailor while also leaving others seriously injured.
Two days later, police took a number of items from inside and multiple DNA swabs.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
24 May 2025
It was brought to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and four months later an unidentified male DNA profile taken from swabs of the woman was entered into the state’s DNA databases and the National DNA Index System.
That's not a time to drop the oars and just go with the flow.
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Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Someone was even sent to prison after the 2012 race — no, not for getting over-eager with an oar, but for protesting against elitism and government cuts.
Government as a protector of health goes way back
The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
Lunde had joined the merchant fleet as a seaman in 1934.
Paternoster Row stands a few blocks away from the Old Bailey courts and Newgate Prison, where so many sea dogs were dragged in chains, tried and sentenced to death.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
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René Guzman,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Oct. 2024
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