Archive image: An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod performs a search and rescue demonstration with a 45-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station New Haven in the waters near Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound in New Haven, Connecticut, Sep. 17, 2022.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower.
BOSTON – A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue 3 fishermen 5 nautical miles east of Nantucket. Saturday, August 5, 2023.
At 12:48 p.m. Coast Guard 1st District command center watchstanders received an alert from an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) registered to the 55-foot commercial fishing vessel Miss Kara.
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew, and a Coast Guard Station Brandt Point, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew were launched to search.
At 2:02 p.m., the MH-60 Jayhawk MRR helicopter crew located all three fishermen clinging to a buoy. The aircrew deployed the rescue swimmer, safely hoisted all three fishermen and transported them to Hyannis Airport, where they were treated by the emergency medical services (EMS) personnel awaiting for them.
“Their properly registered EPIRB was invaluable for the rescue of these three fishermen,” said Lt. Cmdr. Kristi Butler, search and rescue coordinator for the Coast Guard 1st District. “This positive outcome demonstrates the importance of maintaining vital lifesaving equipment onboard your vessel.”
The fishermen were not wearing life jackets.
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The three men were safely hoisted and brought to the Hyannis airport, where emergency medical services (EMS) personnel was waiting.
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lyric Jackson.
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