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ChrisFrez
12-10-2006, 12:34 PM
The daughter of hockey Hall of Famer Bob Gainey was swept off a ship during a storm, and the U.S. Coast Guard is searching for her.

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ChrisFrez
12-10-2006, 12:34 PM
Montreal Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey has passed his duties on to assistant general manager Pierre Gauthier while he awaits word on his daughter Laura, who was swept overboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean during a storm on Friday night.

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ChrisFrez
12-10-2006, 12:34 PM
The Montreal Canadiens hockey club is confirming that the woman swept off a Nova Scotia tall ship is the daughter of the club's executive vice-president, Bob Gainey.Laura Gainey, 25, was washed off a deck at the back of the vessel in a storm at 9:30 p.m. Friday. A search has been underway since then, with U.S. coast guard vessels, several aircraft and the Picton Castle barque participating in the attempts to find Gainey in seas 700 kilometres east-southeast of Cape Cod.

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ken_valyi
12-10-2006, 02:47 PM
More from CBC.ca (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/12/10/gainey-ship.html?ref=rss)


The search for Laura Gainey, daughter of Montreal Canadiens' general manager Bob Gainey, has reached a critical stage two days after she was washed off a tall ship from Nova Scotia, rescue officials said Sunday.

On Sunday, the hockey club identified Gainey, 25, as the woman who was swept off the deck of the Lunenburg-based Picton Castle by a rogue wave during a storm Friday night. The Lunenburg-based vessel was en route to Grenada when the accident occurred about 760 kilometres southeast of Cape Cod, Mass.


It's been 48 hours, and the Atlantic ain't a forgiving body of water. It would be a miracle if she's found alive. My heart goes out to the Gainey family.