Coast Guard has busy weekend

NEW ORLEANS - Rough conditions across Louisiana over the weekend kept the Coast Guard busy. Twenty-four people were assisted or rescued in 15 separate incidents in St. Tammany, Plaquemine, and St Bernard parishes. All 24 were reported to be in stable condition. Additionally, on July 23, the CG rescued two people from a disabled vessel in Brenton Sound at the mouth of the Mississippi River’s Gulf Outlet Canal. A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew hoisted and transferred two people to the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. The vessel remains anchored in a spoil bank south of the jetty. The owner is to coordinate salvage. In Northwest Florida, the CG rescued three jet skiers in Santa Rosa Sound on July 23. All three were wearing life jackets, which proved essential in keeping them safe until they were rescued by CG Station Pensacola at 9:35 p.m. (Source: Coast Guard 07/23/17)