Post by Logan on Jun 2, 2016 8:05:01 GMT -6
WINGATE, Md. (AP) — A good Samaritan rescued more than 20 people, including schoolchildren, after their charter boat sank Wednesday evening in the Chesapeake Bay, authorities said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it received an alert with a GPS locator and a distress call: "Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is the motor vessel Karen N. We have sunk off of Bloodsworth Island." Communications were soon lost, the Coast Guard statement said.
Boat and helicopter crews were launched but a waterman arrived, took the boaters aboard and brought them to shore in the Maryland community of Wingate, where they were transferred to EMS personnel. Three people were taken to hospitals, including the charter boat captain with a head injury, said Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson.
"People responded from everywhere, but it's hard to get to Bloodsworth Island," Thomson said. "That waterman was the nearest and managed to pick them all up."
Read more: www.newsadvance.com/news/national/wire/authorities-rescued-after-boat-sinks-in-chesapeake-bay/article_7fa1e4ec-8e6a-57f9-bb85-e7baa874e7c4.html
The U.S. Coast Guard said it received an alert with a GPS locator and a distress call: "Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is the motor vessel Karen N. We have sunk off of Bloodsworth Island." Communications were soon lost, the Coast Guard statement said.
Boat and helicopter crews were launched but a waterman arrived, took the boaters aboard and brought them to shore in the Maryland community of Wingate, where they were transferred to EMS personnel. Three people were taken to hospitals, including the charter boat captain with a head injury, said Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson.
"People responded from everywhere, but it's hard to get to Bloodsworth Island," Thomson said. "That waterman was the nearest and managed to pick them all up."
Read more: www.newsadvance.com/news/national/wire/authorities-rescued-after-boat-sinks-in-chesapeake-bay/article_7fa1e4ec-8e6a-57f9-bb85-e7baa874e7c4.html