PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 2 people 2 miles south of Marathon

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 07/30/2018 07:57 PM EDT

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July 30, 2018

U.S. Coast Guard 7th District Southeast
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Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 2 people 2 miles south of Marathon

Petty Officer 3rd Class Chase Cook helps a boater dewater a 20-foot rental boat that was taking on water 2 miles south of Marathon Monday, July 30, 2018.  A good Samaritan vessel floats nearby a 20-foot procat rental vessel after embarking one of two people aboard the rental vessel Monday, July 30, 2018. Two members from Coast Guard Station Marathon help dewater a 20-foot rental vessel Monday, July 30, 2018 after it began taking on water 2 miles south of Marathon.

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MIAMI — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued two people Monday from a 19-foot pleasure craft taking on water 2 miles south of Marathon.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West received a radio call on VHF-FM channel 16 at 4:25 p.m. from a 20-foot procat rental vessel taking on water. The watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast.

A good Samaritan vessel responded to the UMIB, arrived on scene with the distressed vessel and embarked one person.

A Station Marathon 33-foot Special Purpose Craft—Law Enforcement boat crew diverted from a patrol, arrived on scene at 4:35 p.m. and assisted dewatering the vessel.

A vessel from the rental company arrived on scene, embarked the two people with no reported injuries and took the 20-foot vessel in tow back to the rental location.

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