EPIRB Leads Coast Guard to Distressed Mariner

SABINE, TX, UNITED STATES

12.15.2009

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Renee Aiello 

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

B-roll of a Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston and an HU-25 Falcon rescue plane and crew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi hoisting an 80-year-old man from his sailing vessel to bring him to the hospital. The man had an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) on board. Video by Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello.

• Date Taken: 12.15.2009
• Date Posted: 12.15.2009 21:29
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 75201
• VIRIN: 091215-G-9551A-001
• Filename: DOD_100059747
• Length: 00:00:49
• Location: SABINE, TX, US