Coast Guard rescues fisherman from sunken vessel near Newport, Oregon

NEWPORT, OR, UNITED STATES

05.25.2014

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., aboard an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter, hoists a fisherman out of the Pacific Ocean after his 28-foot vessel sank about 15 miles west of Newport, May 25, 2014. Available in high definition.


The master of the 28-foot fishing vessel Rip Rider contacted Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Oregon, at 8:20 a.m., via VHF-FM radio reporting that he was taking on water and had donned survival equipment, and at 8:33 a.m., the man's 406 mhz emergency position indicating radio beacon activated, broadcasting his exact location.

U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Facility Newport.

• Date Taken: 05.25.2014
• Date Posted: 05.25.2014 20:57
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 339351
• VIRIN: 140525-G-JL323-001
• Filename: DOD_101697183
• Length: 00:02:20
• Location: NEWPORT, OR, US