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Coast Guard, partners rescue 2 in Two Sisters Creek

Coast Guard, partners rescue 2 in Two Sisters Creek
Archive image: U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to Air Station Savannah, Georgia, conduct maintenance on an MH-65D dolphin helicopter Nov. 8, 2022.
Air Station Savannah is responsible for over 450,000 square miles of water from the border between North and South Carolina south to Melbourne, Florida and out to sea approximately 100 nautical miles.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — The Coast Guard and partner agencies rescue two men after their boat ran aground and one man became stuck in the mud in Two Sisters Creek, South Carolina. Thursday, April 6, 2023.

A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) aircrew hoisted the man from the mud and the Beaufort County Water Search and Rescue airboat crew towed the boat back to the water with assistance from an Edisto Fire Department vessel.

No medical concerns were reported.

A Colleton County dispatch notified Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders at 1:40 p.m., via landline, stating that a man was stuck in the mud and the other man remained on the aground boat in Two Sisters Creek.

A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and partner agencies rescued two men after their boat ran aground and one man became stuck in the mud in Two Sisters Creek, South Carolina, April 6, 2023.
The two men were towed into the water and no medical concerns were reported.
U.S. Coast Guard and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources video.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston.
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Department of Homeland Security.

«Edisto Fire and Rescue arrived on scene quickly and worked flawlessly with our rescue swimmer to help the stuck man to safety,» said Lt. Cmdr. Sean R O’Dowd, Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter pilot on the case. «These partnerships with local agencies allow the Coast Guard to be more effective and better support the low country residents we serve.»

“This was a multi-agency rescue that was successful due to the interoperability between agencies,” said Daniel Seyle, Town of Edisto Beach Chief of Police.

Agencies involved in the case:

  • U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
  • Edisto Beach Police Department
  • Edisto Beach Fire Department
  • South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  • Beaufort County Water Search and Rescue

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