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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree issued the following statement after the United States Coast Guard announced that they are suspending the activesearch for survivors of the El Faro.

This is very sad day for the State of Maine.  We have a strong connection to those who make their living on the water and we know the risks they take every time they go to sea.  But in no way does that make a tragedy like this any less painful. It is difficult for me to know what the families of the crew are going through, and have been going through, over the last few days.  But they are in my thoughts and the thoughts of everyone in our state. 

I want to thank the Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force for their around-the-clock efforts during what were often dangerous conditions.  And although I wish the results had been different, we owe those men and women a debt of gratitude for risking their lives to try and find the crew of El Faro.