CG assists Okaloosa in rescue

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard assisted Okaloosa Sheriff’s Department in the rescue of four people in the water near East Pass Fla., after their vessel began taking on water early morning April 15. Coast Guard Station Destin launched a Response Boat and crew, as was a Mobile, Ala.-based MH-65 Dolphin helicopter. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s boat crew also arrived on scene and put the damaged vessel in tow. The CGS Destin boat crew shadowed the tow for safety purposes. Two passengers were taken to Harbor Walk Marina by a Good Samaritan while the other two stayed with the sheriff’s boat crew into the Destin (Fla.) Marina around 11 a.m. There were no reported injuries. (Source: Coast Guard 04/15/17)