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Officials say the top portion of a mast snapped and toppled on a historic excursion vessel, killing one person and injuring others aboard the Grace Bailey schooner off the coast of Maine ROCKLAND, Maine -- The main mast of a historic excursion vessel splintered and fell onto the vessel's deck Monday, killing one person and injuring three others aboard the schooner Grace Bailey, officials said. A nearby Coast Guard vessel began evacuating the injured passengers within minutes of the mast's catastrophic failure and collapse on the deck, which occurred while the schooner was returning from a four-day cruise, the vessel's owner said in a statement. One person died from injuries and three people were transported to hospitals Monday, the Rockland Fire Department said. A helicopter transported one of the injured, while the other two were transported to a local hospital, fire officials said. Charlie Weidman, owner of Charlie's Marine Service, was first on the scene at 10:26...

Attorneys for Jordan Neely and Daniel Penny speak out on NYC subway killing. The family of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died after allegedly being put into a chokehold by Daniel Penny during an altercation on a New York City subway on May 1, has responded to Penny’s statement on the death. They called Penny's response a "character assassination" of Neely. Attorneys for Penny offered “condolences to those close to Mr. Neely" and claimed “Mr. Neely began aggressively threatening Daniel,” and that the Marine veteran and others “acted to protect themselves.” In footage of the incident, Penny can be seen holding Neely in a chokehold for several minutes, as another man held down Neely's body. Penny put Neely in the chokehold leading up to his death, which has been ruled a homicide by the medical examiner's office. Some witnesses reportedly told police that Neely was yelling and harassing passengers on the train. Police sources told ABC News that Penny was n...