U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eggers.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard crews rescue a swimmer, 24-year-old woman, from the water off South Padre Island, Texas, yesterday Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received notification at 11 a.m. from Cameron County Beach Patrol stating a woman was swimming approximately 1 nautical mile offshore Beach Access #5 without a life jacket and was possibly in distress.
Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center personnel issued an urgent marine information broadcast, diverted an underway Coast Guard Station South Padre Island 33-foot Special Purpose Craft–Law Enforcement boat crew, launched a second SPC-LE boat crew, and diverted an airborne MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter (SRR) aircrew from Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi.
A SPC-LE boat crew located the swimmer, brought her aboard and transported her to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Coast Guard Station South Padre Island. EMS personnel brought her to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, in stable condition.
The new boats (year 2006) have a top speed of over 50 knots and are intended to enhance the station’s law enforcement capabilities.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eggers.
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