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WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y.--Seven New York Air National Guard pararescuemen are on board a cargo ship in the mid-Atlantic today, providing medical treatment for two injured crewmen after a five-hour flight and a night parachute jump into the sea.

Three crewmen aboard the Tamar, a 635-foot long bulk cargo freighter registered in the Marshall Islands were badly burned and one was killed on Monday when an explosion occurred in the ships forward storeroom early in the morning of April 24, according to the First Coast Guard District Rescue Coordination Center in Boston. The captain requested medical assistance.

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The wing launched an HC-130 search and rescue aircraft from the 102nd Rescue Squadron carrying eight aircrew, seven pararescuemen and a combat rescue officer from the 103nd Rescue Squadron, and two aircraft maintainers, at 1:30 p.m.

The aircraft deployed seven pararescuemen and a rigid rescue boat into the Atlantic near the Tamar. The Airmen then boarded the boat, headed to the ship, and rendered aid to the injured seamen.

The first stick of pararescuemen were in the water at 7:50 p.m. Eastern Time, and by 10 p.m. all seven were on board and providing aid to the injured crewmen on the Tamar, according to 106th Rescue Wing operations officials.

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