The Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter aircrew recovered two mariners after their boat collided with a jetty near Venice.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew rescue two boaters from a vessel that struck a jetty Saturday evening near Venice, Louisiana.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at 8:43 p.m. from Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office personnel reporting a 20-foot recreational vessel with three persons aboard that struck a jetty.
U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) boatcrew and Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter (MRR) aircrew to assist.
The Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew arrived on scene, deployed the rescue swimmer, embarked the two boaters and headed to land to transport and transfer them to University Medical Center New Orleans.
The Plaquemines Parish Fire Department located the remaining boater, who was found unresponsive.
The two boaters were last reported to be in stable condition.
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