Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules and a Coast Guard Air Staton New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk are displayed at the Ancient Albatross Ceremony at Air Station New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, on April 18, 2023.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Wisdom.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard Cutter Dolphin crew and an HC-130 Hercules aircrew rescue two overdue boaters from a life raft near Cape San Blas, Florida. Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
At 3:21 p.m., the aircrew of a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules located a life raft with the two missing boaters aboard. The aircrew then vectored in the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dolphin which embarked the boaters and transported them to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.
The boaters were last reported to be in stable condition.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received the initial call Monday evening from the vessel owner stating his vessel was without power and taking on water.
The men first called Coast Guard Sector Mobile stating their trawling vessel was without power and taking on water.
U.S. Coast Guard video by U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders then coordinated the launch of a Station Panama City boatcrew, the crew of the USCGC Dolphin, a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew, and an Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircrew to search.
Rescue crews involved in the search were:
- Coast Guard Sector Mobile
- Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
- Coast Guard Station Panama City
- Air Force Rescue Coordination Center & three U-28 aircraft
- Gulf County Sheriff’s Department
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