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Correction: Rowing Club-Boats Capsize story

Mar 20, 2024, 6:49 PM | Updated: Mar 21, 2024, 9:12 am

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WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — CORRECTS number of teens who ended up in water. In a story published March 20, 2024, about a rowing club mishap and rescue near Westport, Connecticut, The Associated Press, relying on information from local authorities, erroneously reported the number of people who fell into the Long Island Sound. A total of 18 teens and one adult ended up in the water, not 27 teens and two adults.

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Correction: Rowing Club-Boats Capsize story