The ship was heading to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when several cadets on watch spotted a small vessel with people signaling for distress.
Texas A&M Maritime Academy cadets are being credited with helping rescue people stranded in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a university spokesperson.
Howell radioed the lost ship in to the Coast Guard who told him he could launch a rescue boat, he said.
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