Audio recording of VHF radio distress call

TX, UNITED STATES

08.31.2016

Audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer Nease 

U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston

Audio from a captain calling mayday over the radio after his boat flipped near an island in Galveston Bay, August 31, 2016. Two boaters were rescued, one was taken back to Coast Guard Air Station Houston with a broken leg; another was taken to Station Houston with no injuries. U.S. Coast Guard audio recording.

• Date Taken: 08.31.2016
• Date Posted: 08.31.2016 18:56
• Category: Recording
• Audio ID: 44865
• Filename: 1608/DOD_103625127.mp3
• Length: 00:00:31
• Location: TX, US