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« Butler offers free mental health check via the Web | Today | Let the turkey hunt begin » April 21, 2006Coast Guard rescues 3 off MisquamicutWesterly -- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people this morning after their small metal boat capsized in the vicinity of Misquamicut beach and stranded one person in the water for about 35 minutes, according to Petty Officer Glenn M. Holt at the command center in Woods Hole, Mass. The other two people had managed to climb up on top of their overturned 17-foot metal boat, Holt said. All three people were taken for medical treatment, Holt said. They had been wearing life preservers. The Coast Guard does not yet have their names, ages or gender, according to Petty Officer James R. Metcalf at the Point Judith station. The person in the water for 35 minutes had a weak but steady pulse by the time he was rescued and dilated pupils, all basic symptoms of hypothermia, Holt said. Details of what happened are not yet known. Holt said an initial cell phone call at 9:51 a.m. to the Coast Guard’s command center reported six people in the water, but rescue crews later confirmed only three people were in the water. At 9:56 a.m., the Point Judith Coast Guard station launched two boats – 27 and 47-feet-long, Holt said. The Coast Guard also sent a helicopter out to search, but called that off when the 47-foot boat arrived on scene at 10:20 a.m. and rescuers found the three people, Holt said. By 10:27 a.m., the three were all in the 47-foot rescue boat, Holt said. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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