Coast Guard, Locals, good Samaritan respond to 2 adults, 7 kids in water off Orcas Island, Wash.

ORCAS ISLAND, WA, UNITED STATES

07.29.2016

Courtesy Audio

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

A mayday call from a camp counselor who was aboard a canoe, with another counselor and seven kids, when the vessel capsized south of Doughty Point on Orcas Island, Wash., July 29, 2016.

A good Samaritan responded and transported all of them to emergency medical personnel waiting on shore at Camp Orika, while a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Bellingham and a Orcas Island Fire and Rescue boat crew assisted in the response effort.

U.S. Coast Guard audio courtesy of Sector Puget Sound.

• Date Taken: 07.29.2016
• Date Posted: 07.30.2016 16:35
• Category: Newscasts
• Audio ID: 44524
• Filename: 1607/DOD_103518268.mp3
• Length: 00:00:20
• Location: ORCAS ISLAND, WA, US