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A woman who was rescued in the Atlantic Ocean by the Coast Guard after abandoning ship in rough weather churned up by Hurricane Sandy has died.
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert said 42-year-old Claudene Christian was unresponsive when she was pulled from the water Monday evening and was later pronounced dead at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, N.C., early Tuesday morning, according to The Associated Press.
Fourteen people were rescued from the tall ship HMS Bounty early Monday morning off the coast of North Carolina.
Crews are still looking for Robin Walbridge, 63. The Coast Guard identified Walbridge as the ship's captain.
"The last time I spoke to her, she told me, 'If I go down with the ship, remember how happy I was,''' Christian's mother, who is also named Claudene, told ABC News Monday night.
There are questions about why a distress call to the Coast Guard at 9 p.m. Sunday may have been rescinded. The crew remained on board the sinking ship for seven hours.
"It kept resonating with me that they didn't ask coast guard for help the first time. Lives are more important than the ship," said Christian.
Claudene Christian and Walbridge were washed into the sea when the three-masted replica of the historic ship began taking on water. The crew was abandoning ship during the night when the hurricane flung them into the sea.
"What we know is that the whole crew was getting ready to board the life rafts, and as they were about to board, three people ended up on the water. One was able to get out [of the water] and get into rafts," Coast Guard Lt. Junior Grade Brendan Selerno told ABCNews.com Monday
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