U.S. Coast Guard District 8 photo.
NEW ORLEANS — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescue two mariners Thursday from a vessel taking on water near Lake Pontchartrain.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report from a good samaritan at 11:47 a.m., reporting a half-submerged 20-foot recreational vessel taking on water with two mariners aboard waving their arms.
The watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and a Coast Guard Station New Orleans 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) boatcrew to the area.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.
The MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted one mariner suffering from hyperthermia and transported them to University Medical Center New Orleans LCMC Health in reportedly stable condition. The boatcrew transported the other mariner to Station New Orleans where emergency medical services (EMS) took them for further medical care.
U.S. Coast Guard District 8 photo.
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