U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Kevin J. Neff.
SAN FRANCISCO — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescued two people from an aground houseboat in the Napa River, Friday morning.
Napa Police Department contacted Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center watchstanders at approximately 6 a.m reporting a houseboat with two passengers aboard had run aground.
Sector San Francisco watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Station Vallejo 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew and a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew to assist.
The MH-65 Dolphin aircrew arrived on scene at approximately 8:30 a.m. and lowered their rescue swimmer, who hoisted both passengers and transferred them to Napa County Airport to awaiting emergency medical services and Napa Police Department personnel.
U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
“This rescue wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the well-coordinated teamwork of Coast Guard Sector San Francisco,” said Lt. j.g. Joel Norton, the co-pilot aboard the Dolphin helicopter. “The Coast Guard small boat that was also on scene and local fire and ambulance services that took care of the survivors after we dropped them off at Napa County Airport.”
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