[SOT/]AP Television News - AP Television Clients Only June 12, 2012 - New York City(Gregory Hitchen/coast guard deputy commander)"basic details were that there was a fire and explosion on this vessel the blind date. There was a series of radio calls to our command center describing that they had injured personnel with burns and that they were getting into life rafts. And the final transmission was that the vessel was sinking, this person who described himself as the captain was getting into a life raft himself and he did not have a radio. And that's where the transmissions ended."Audio: Coast Guard handout audio - on screen credit mandatory Aerials of search: WABC. Must courtesy"u.s. Coast guard, motor yacht, blind date, how do you copy? We have 3 deceased, 9 injured. We've had an explosion on board. That's why were taking on water. I'm about 3 1/2 feet of water on the bridge right now. So i'm standing by as long as I can before I have to bail. We have 21 souls on board, 20 in the water right now. I have 3 deceased on board, 9 injured because of the explosion we've had. I'm in 3 feet of water on the bridge. I'm going to stay on the radio as long as I can before I have to go overboard.AP Television News - AP Television Clients Only June 12, 2012 - New York City(Gregory Hitchen/coast guard deputy commander)"we became concerned that we saw no indication of life rafts, saw no indication of a sunken vessel or fire. And what is a heavily traffic area of the ocean. By about 10 o'clock last night we decided to suspend the active search with clear indications that this was a probable hoax.(****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: angie ---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: press conference - AP; audio - handout Coast Guard-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: yes----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: none----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): none--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: US Yacht Explosion Hoax