Archive image: A rescue swimmer with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi drops toward the water while performing a search and rescue demonstration during the Wings Over South Texas air show in Corpus Christi Bay, May 7, 2023.
Members from Coast Guard units in the Corpus Christi area participated in the air show, which featured the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist David Lau.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard and Corpus Christi Fire Department rescue three boaters after their boat capsized in Nueces Bay near Corpus Christi. Monday, April 8, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a notification at 3:05 p.m. from Corpus Christi Police Department personnel that a 16-foot boat had capsized with three men aboard. The boaters were clinging to the vessel’s hull and not wearing life jackets.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and directed the launch of a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Port Aransas and an MH-65E Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi.
The MH-65 Dolphin SRR Helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, lowered the rescue swimmer to assess the situation, and directed a nearby Corpus Christi Fire Department boatcrew to the distressed boaters’ position.
After an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from the Air Station directed a Corpus Christi Fire Department boat crew to the boaters’ location, the fire boatcrew transported them safely ashore.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin Miller.
The fire boatcrew rescued all three men from the water and transported them to North Beach. There were no reported injuries.
«We were grateful to work closely with the Corpus Christi Fire Department and help save three lives today,» said Lt. Jordan McGee, operations unit watchstander, Sector Corpus Christi. «We recommend boaters wear a life jacket at all times on the water. You may not have enough time to find and fasten a life jacket during an emergency.»
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