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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 29 Oct 2012

    Hurricane #Sandy: 14 HMS Bounty replica crew members are rescued off North Carolina - at least 2 missing. Updates LIVEhttp://bbc.in/SU2QBo 

    6:43 AM - 29 Oct 2012
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      1. frankie mctigue‏ @frankiebaby2011 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking what's happening with people in hotels in New York

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      1. tom c. cleary‏ @tccleary13 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking....... 'replica crew members'???.......

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      1. Simon Waters‏ @SimonRWaters 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking none of the news channels seem to know what the ship was doing there?

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      1. Mark‏ @markjbennison 29 Oct 2012
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        How many real crew members were rescued? RT @BBCBreaking:Hurricane #Sandy: 14 HMS Bounty replica crew members are rescued off North Carolina

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      1. *Marie*‏ @smileymarie5 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Bless them. We are holding on here as winds pick up in Northern Virginia. With fridged wind and rain.

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      1. martin mills‏ @martinemills 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Praying for the 2 missing crew.

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      1. Lindsay Compton‏ @MissHarbottle 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Thoughts go to of the two that are still lost.

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      1. Andrew Seal‏ @SealAndrew 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking surely they should rescue the real crew members? The replica ones can wait! ;)

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      1. Dr Phil Weir‏ @navalhistorian 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Worth noting, Canadian journo @PhonseJessome appears to be close/talking to the rescue effort.

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      1. Matthew‏ @Matthewgbvw 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking I bet FEMA respond very diferently to the weathy New Yorkers than they did with the people of new orleans

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      1. Moscow‏ @MoscowMunicipal 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Stay safe #Sandy

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      1. angela cahill‏ @angieadrian 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking sending love to my son haydn whos in new jersey, i cant get hold of him and were just hoping hes ok x

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      1. Isaac Udochukwu‏ @IsaacUdochukwu 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking may God help us

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      2. Bobs‏ @_bobs__ 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCNews @BBCBreaking Lucky they were only replica crew members and not real people.

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      3. J‏ @JaySeaPea 29 Oct 2012
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        @CiaranM87 That was my exact thought upon reading it. I appreciate the tweet constraints, but I do wish they'd read them before posting.

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      1. Joe Rukin‏ @joerukin 29 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking It wasn't HMS Bounty, it was HMAV Bounty #Sandy

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