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Hoax yacht explosion part of a growing trend known as SWAT-ting

When the Coast Guard received a distress call last Monday about an explosion aboard a yacht about 17 miles off of Sandy Hook, N.J. — a call later determined to be a hoax — it set in motion a massive effort by emergency responders that authorities say cost more than $335,000.Twenty-one "souls" had been aboard the superyacht Blind Date, the male voice said.

 

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