Coast Guard Hoists Distressed Teen from Surf off Sunset Beach, Ore.

ASTORIA, OR, UNITED STATES

05.17.2013

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nate Littlejohn          

U.S. Coast Guard District 13 PADET Astoria

ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard hoisted a person from the water off Sunset Beach near Warrenton, Ore., Friday.

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a call reporting a distressed teenaged female off Sunset Beach at approximately 12:50 p.m.

Sector Columbia River sent an already airborne MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria to the scene. The helicopter crew arrived at approximately 1 p.m. to find a male struggling to rescue the imperiled female in the surf approximately 100 yards off Sunset Beach.

The helicopter crew lowered a rescue basket and the man was able to load the girl into the basket for a hoist. The crew then hoisted the girl to the helicopter and transported her to Air Station Astoria in Warrenton, Ore., where she was placed in the care of awaiting local EMS.

• Date Taken: 05.17.2013
• Date Posted: 05.17.2013 20:29
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 290970
• VIRIN: 130517-G-LS819-001
• Filename: DOD_100817001
• Length: 00:01:45
• Location: ASTORIA, OR, US