New York Post89%
Nolan Wells' friends heard calling for help with boat in newly released audio from day teen vanished: report 30%
By Chris Bradford73%
7/16/2026, 5:59:36 AM
Keywords: Drownings, Nolan Wells
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 26.8% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 253 faulty-reasoning hits from 209 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 39.6% and a BS Rank of 30% (15,516 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 70.90% of the article peer group.
Pals of the tragic teen Nolan Wells called for help when their boat suddenly malfunctioned and started taking on water, according to newly released audio from the day of his disappearance.
Wells, 18, traveled with his friends to Horn Island from the Mississippi mainland for the Fourth of July holiday — but he wasn’t with the group for the return journey.
Their boat — which had “like seven” people on board — experienced difficulty at around 4 p.m.
“Hey, we’re at the west tip of Horn, and our bilge pump stopped working.
We’re going.
We’re sinking.
Can you all please come?”
the vessel’s operator said in audio obtained by NBC News.
“I want to get this boat unsank and towed back.”
The boat was then towed for around three miles before picking up normal speed less than an hour later, according to GPS data obtained by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and shared with NBC News.
It returned to the location it originally departed at 5:44 p.m.
Wells’ body was found two days later in the water, just off shore on the northwest end of the island, according to officials.
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