Photo release: Coast Guard assists locals in rescue of diver near Tillamook Bay, Ore.

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/26/2017 09:12 PM EDT

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News Release   March 26, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest
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Photo release: Coast Guard assists locals in rescue of diver near Tillamook Bay, Ore.
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A crew member aboard a 29-Foot Response Boat-Small II, from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi, Ore., retrieves a distressed diver from the water near the Tillamook Bay Bar, March 26, 2017. After picking up the 54-year-old male, the crew transferred the diver in stable condition to waiting emergency medical personnel on the shore. Photo courtesy of Don R. Best.A 47-Foot Motor Life Boat crew, from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi, Ore., holds onto a vessel that was operated by divers near the Tillamook Bay Bar, March 26, 2017. The vessel had been operated by several divers, one of which was rescued by a 29-Foot Response Boat-Small II crew, that later returned to tow the vessel to the Garbaldi Marina. Photo courtesy of Don R. Best.A 29-Foot Response Boat-Small II crew, from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi, Ore., approaches a distressed diver near the Tillamook Bay Bar, March 26, 2017. Also assisting in the search additional divers were a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from the station, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Warrenton, and members of the Garibaldi Garibaldi Fire and Rescue. Photo courtesy of Don R. Best.

Photos courtesy of Don R. Best.

WARRENTON, Ore. — A Coast Guard boat crew assisted local county personnel and pulled a distressed diver from the water near the entrance to Tillamook Bay, Sunday.

The crew of a 29-Foot Response Boat-Medium II, from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay, safely transferred the 54-year-old male to waiting emergency medical personnel, who reportedly transported him to Tillamook Regional Medical Center.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received notification at 1:04 p.m. from Tillamook County 911 dispatchers reporting multiple divers in distress.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Sector Columbia River, and two boat crews from Station Tillamook Bay aboard a 29-Foot RB-S II and a 47-Foot Motor Life Boat launched in response. Garibaldi Fire and Rescue personnel also responded.

After the rescue of the first distressed diver, the search continued until the second diver surfaced and made it safely to shore without assistance. A third diver was already on the shore and not in distress. Sector watchstanders confirmed with Tillamook County Sheriff's Office personnel that all divers accounted for and the crew of the RB-S II towed the vessel the divers were operating to Garibaldi Marina.

Weather on scene was 28-MPH winds, 3-miles visibility, 48 F degree water temperature and 49 F degree air temperature.

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