BRUNSWICK, Ga. -
Oct. 3 - Coast Guard saves Brunswick
fishermen after boat capsizes JACKSONVILLE, Fla., -- At Coast Guard Air
Station Savannah, Ga., rescue crew hoisted two Brunswick, Ga. fishermen
to safety 10:45 p.m. Thursday after their 17-foot vessel capsized during
a fishing trip in the Altamaha River, near Brunswick, Ga.
Roger Green, 56, and Donald Aspinwall, 48, left
from the Champney River boat ramp to fish in Buttermilk Sound and were
suppose to return by dark. Green's wife called the Glynn County
Police Department and the police department notified Coast Guard Station
Brunswick that the two men were missing. Coast Guard and Georgia
Department of Natural Resource's rescue crews began searching for the
two men in Buttermilk Sound. A rescue helicopter crew from the Air
Station Savannah also joined in the search efforts.
Within minutes, the helicopter crew located the
two men. The rescue crews from the Coast Guard and Georgia DNR
were unable to reach the men because of shallow waters but could hear
the Brunswick men yelling for help. The HH-65 Dolphin helicopter
crew lowered a rescue basket to the men and hoisted them safely into the
aircraft. The survivors were then flown to Malcolm McKinnon
Airport, Ga. Both men are reported to be in good condition but
were turned over to awaiting local Emergency Medical Technicians.
Because Green knew to leave a
float plan with his wife, the Coast Guard, Georgia DNR and the Glynn
County Police were able to work together and quickly find the two
fishermen. The Coast Guard urges all boaters to keep proper safety
equipment on board their vessel.
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