All three boaters were wearing lifejackets and one was experiencing signs of hypothermia at the time of the rescue
. Their 24-foot center console boat reportedly sank at approximately 10 a.m. Saturday morning, stranding them without communication devices.
“We searched an area roughly the size of Rhode Island and are thankful to have found these missing boaters,” said Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Keefe, a Sector New Orleans Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator. “If the family member had not notified the Coast Guard, and if these three boaters were not wearing life jackets, this could’ve been a completely different outcome.
The boaters were originally reported missing by concerned family members when they did not return home from a fishing trip on Saturday • A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew• A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrewSee a spelling or grammar error in our story?
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