Key parts of women's tale of survival at sea contradicted

Jennifer Appel, left, and Tasha Fuiava, who with their dogs say they were lost at sea for five months never activated their emergency beacon and described running into a fearsome storm that meteorologists say didn't exist. The U.S. Navy rescued the women after a Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted them about 900 miles southeast of Japan and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/U.S. Navy via AP)

Jennifer Appel, left, and Tasha Fuiava, who with their dogs say they were lost at sea for five months never activated their emergency beacon and described running into a fearsome storm that meteorologists say didn't exist. The U.S. Navy rescued the women after a Taiwanese fishing vessel spotted them about 900 miles southeast of Japan and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/U.S. Navy via AP)

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