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A Costa Rica day cruise turns into a nightmare as catamaran capsizes, leaving 3 dead

Early Thursday morning, 99 vacationers boarded the Pura Vida Princess, a 100-foot catamaran, in Playa Herradura on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast for an all inclusive day trip to Tortuga Island. Roughly 30 minutes later, at about 8:40 a.m., the ship issued a distress call and quickly sank in high winds and rough sea off the coast of the beach town of Punta Leona. Three passengers died.

Death toll at 3 in Costa Rica catamaran accident

A boat carrying at least 98 people issued a distress call at 8:40 a.m. on Thursday stating that it was sinking 6 nautical miles off the coast of Punta Leona in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Public Security Ministry on its Twitter account. Ten crew members were on board.

US tourist rescued at sea in southern Pacific

A Costa Rican boat rescued a 63-year-old tourist from the United States in a mysterious accident at sea in southern Costa Rica last Friday, the Public Security Ministry reported.

US tanker saves Ticos, Nicaraguan lost in Caribbean Sea

The three Central Americans were adrift in the Caribbean Sea after the two motors on board the 6.5-meter boat failed.
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