CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The bad weather that blew through last night kept the Coast Guard busy this morning with three separate rescues in the waters off Corpus Christi.
The crew of an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi hoisted a crewmember from an offshore supply boat, the Myrtle Anne, 45 miles east of Corpus Christi, around 3 a.m. James Warwick, 24, was working aboard the Myrtle Anne, while it was moored to the oilrig Mustang Island 818. A wave knocked him overboard, but Warwick had tied himself to the boat and was battered by heavy waves until pulled onboard by other crewmembers. Warwick was hoisted to the helicopter and transported to Sphon Memorial Hospital, Corpus Christi, where he is reported to be in stable condition.
The crew of an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi lowered de-watering pumps to the shrimp boat Jessica Anne, at 9 a.m. Jessica Anne, a 65-foot shrimp boat from Port Isabelle, Texas, was anchored 10 miles east of Corpus Christi when its engine room was flooded by high waves. Without its onboard pumps working the boat began to take on water and was in danger of sinking. A rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Port Aransas, Texas, is towing the Jessica Anne to Port Aransas. All crewmembers are in good health.
The Coast Guard patrol boat Amberjack, from South Padre Island, is towing the shrimp boat Lady Lisa to Port Isabelle. Lady Lisa, an 85-foot shrimp boat from Port Isabelle, was disabled by the heavy weather 10 miles south of South Padre Island. All crewmembers are in good health.
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