CG rescues two from capsized boat

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued two people from a capsized vessel in about 500 yards south of Tiger Pass in Joe’s Bay, La., on around midnight Sept. 27. CG Sector New Orleans got a report at approximately 11 p.m. over Channel 16 VHF, the international distress marine radio frequency, of a capsized vessel with two people aboard. The CG launched of a 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium crew from CG Station Venice and diverted an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from CG Air Station New Orleans to the rescue. The aircrew arrived at 11:51 p.m. and located the two people clinging to the hull of the vessel; and transported them to Air Station New Orleans in stable condition. Earlier on Sept. 27, a missing diver, who was last seen about 10 miles southeast of Destin, Fla., was located in stable condition. CG Sector Mobile, Ala., received a report around 6 p.m. that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had located the diver swimming to shore in stable condition. The diver had been missing since about 1 p.m. from the charter vessel, A-Salt Mission. (Coast Guard 09/28/19)