Infant Rescued at Sea

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Infant Rescued at Sea
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A joint U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and California
Air National Guard rescue effort was necessary to
rescue a sick one year old infant on Sunday after
her parents called for help. Charlotte and Eric
Kaufman along with their two daughters, Cora, 3,
and Lyra, 1, set sail two weeks ago from Mexico,
on the latest leg of a trip around the world. But
when Lyra broke out in a severe rash and got an
infection that did not respond to medication the
California couple sent a distress ping to a
satellite. According to a U.S. Navy news release,
the distress signal was received on Thursday and
the child was rescued on Sunday about 900 miles
off the coast of Mexico. Thats where the medics
treated the child, who is said to be in stable
condition and already improving. But now, the
parents are taking heat for trying to
circumnavigate the globe with a baby on board and
have found themselves stuck in the middle of
a social media firestorm. Critics posted
thousands of negative comments on the parents
Facebook page over the weekend with many showing
disgust that the couple would put their children
in endanger and then want the government to come
save them. The Kaufmans responded with a
statement aboard the USS Vandegrift, stating that
they were well prepared and that this is how our
family has lived for seven years. Additionally,
the couple defends their decision saying that
Eric Kaufman is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed
captain and the trip was carefully planned.
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  Rooney won two honorary Oscars, the first in
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