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Marine accidents in waters below 50 degrees F are five times more likely to end in death, Vittone said.
CNN: 'This is the Charm Blow, we are abandoning ship'
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We recognise how important it is to have marine accidents reduced bearing in mind that fishing is statistically 13 times more dangerous than coal mining.
BBC: Anger at fishing safety claims
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But more than that, Hopkins's father was the author of A Handbook of Average and A Manual of Marine Insurance, both standard reference books for negotiating, averaging, and adjusting the liabilities to insurance underwriters of cargo losses and shipwrecks, so Hopkins grew up in a world wet with marine accidents and was especially attentive to them.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Exiles'
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Several accidents have happened in the past year involving Marine training in Southern California.
WSJ: Seven Marines Die as Helicopters Collide