Coast Guard Locates, Rescues Two After Boat Capsizes Near Kiptopeke State Park

CAPE CHARLES, VA, UNITED STATES

06.15.2014

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

The Coast Guard located and rescued two people Sunday, June 15, 2014, that were reported missing after a 21-foot fishing boat sank near Kiptopeke State Park. A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., was able to locate one person who had swam ashore and found a second person in the water approximately 2 miles west of Kiptopeke. The Jayhawk crew hoisted both people into the helicopter and took them to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

• Date Taken: 06.15.2014
• Date Posted: 06.15.2014 09:39
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 343409
• VIRIN: 140615-G-RU729-001
• Filename: DOD_101741462
• Length: 00:02:59
• Location: CAPE CHARLES, VA, US