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Samantha Lock

Crew awarded for record-breaking marine rescue mission

John McEnallay and Keith Turner were rescued after their yacht Aviva was damaged in severe weather. (HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY)

The crew that rescued two sailors stranded in the Tasman Sea in Australia's longest ever offshore rescue mission have been recognised for their bravery.

Ten NSW Police officers traversed 8m seas in a nearly 80-hour mission to pull the men from their sinking yacht after severe weather damaged their yacht hundreds of kilometres from land in September 2022.

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