DATE: October 12, 2009 16:34:17 EST

US COAST GUARD
Photo Release

Date:
Oct. 12, 2009 

Contact:
Petty Officer 3rd Class
Barry Bena
305-415-6683
Coast Guard rescues capsized boaters near Bahamas


Clinging to Boat
Boaters clinging to the hull of their capsized vessel 50 miles south of Andros, Bahamas,
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Waving for help
A boater standing on his capsized vessel signaling distress to the Coast Guard 50 miles south of
Andros, Bahamas, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

 Safe in raft 
Capsized boaters after boarding a liferaft deployed by a Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet from Air Station Miami 50 miles
south of Andros, Bahamas, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

MIAMI - The Coast Guard rescued two people after their vessel capsized 50 miles south of Andros, Bahamas, Monday morning.

Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators in Miami received notification that two persons wearing lifejackets were standing on top of their capsized vessel.

The Coast Guard immediately launched an HU-25 Falcon jet and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Miami.  Once on scene, the Falcon crew was able to deploy a liferaft to the boaters. Both boaters safely boarded the liferaft and were hoisted onto the Dolphin and transferred to Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas.

 

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