article_snippet.sent: Environmental activists rescued 40 crew from a sinking ship Sea Shepherd suspected of conducting illegal fishing near the island of Sao Tope, off the Gabon coast.
article_snippet.sent: Sea Shepherd vessels Bob Barker and Sam Simon rescued the men from the ocean.
article_snippet.sent: Sea Shepherd said the crew were given food and water and were transferred to Sam Simon.
article_snippet.sent: Video recorded by the activist group showed Sea Shepherd sinking
article_snippet.sent: the crew managed to escape into life rafts before Sea Shepherd sunk to the ocean bottom .
article_snippet.sent: Members of Sea Shepherd launched rescue boats to rescue the members of crew from the ocean .