| Air Station Traverse City U.S. Coast Guard |
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| Press Release |
Date: October 7, 2006 Contact: LTJG Jeremy Loeb |
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ONE RESCUED, THREE MISSING AFTER BOAT OVERTURNS GRAND MARAIS, Mich. – One man was rescued by a Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City helicopter this morning around 1:45 a.m.. The man was the only person rescued from an overturned 18-foot pleasure craft that capsized in The Pictured Rocks Park Service reported that the fishing vessel "Blue Heron" departed Grand Marais Marina at 9 a.m. yesterday but failed to return as scheduled at 2 p.m. The Coast Guard used four aircrews aboard two HH-65B Dolphin rescue helicopters from Air Station Traverse City, two rescue boats from Coast Guard Stations Sault Ste Marie and Marquette, a crew aboard a Canadian Coast Guard C-130 fixed-wing aircraft and numerous other vessels from other local agencies to assist in the search that encompassed 930 square nautical miles.
During the aircrew's second search, they sighted an overturned boat with one man clinging to it. Rescue Swimmer, Aviation Survival Technician First Class Shawn Sullivan, was lowered to the man, evaluated him and then assisted him into the rescue basket. Once in the aircraft, the rescued man was flown to Marquette's Sawyer International Airport and transferred to Marquette General Hospital by an awaiting ambulance. He is listed in stable condition. * Hoist camera footage of a Rescue Swimmer rescuing the man from the overturned boat is available upon request.* For more information on this event, please contact the Public Affairs Officer at Air Station Traverse City, Lt j.g. Jeremy Loeb. During non-business hours, please contact the duty desk at 231-922-8212. -uscg-
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