Imagery Available: Coast Guard assists 8 with boat taking on water near Channel Key

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/07/2017 08:20 PM EDT

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Aug. 7, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 7th District Southeast
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Coast Guard assists 8 with boat taking on water near Channel Key

Petty Officer 3rd Class David Wiegman, a boatcrew member with Coast Guard Station Marathon, stops the source of flooding in a 29-foot Proline fishing boat on Channel Key, near Long Key Bridge, Florida Monday, Aug. 7, 2017.  etty Officer 3rd Class David Wiegman, a boatcrew member with Coast Guard Station Marathon, stops the source of flooding in a 29-foot Proline fishing boat on Channel Key, near Long Key Bridge, Florida Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. 

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MIAMI — The Coast Guard assisted eight boaters after their boat began taking on water Monday in the vicinity of Long Key Bridge.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West received a call from the operator of the rented 29-foot Proline fishing boat stating they were taking on water and needed assistance. 

 A Coast Guard Station Marathon 33-foot Special Purpose Craft—Law Enforcement boatcrew arrived on scene at 4:18 p.m., and found the boaters had beached their vessel on Channel Key. The Station Marathon crew quickly assessed the situation and stopped the source of flooding.

The rental company also sent a vessel to assist the stranded boaters who transported them back to the rental location with no injuries.

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