Strong enough: Coast Guardsman frees 2 trapped in sinking tugboat [Image 3 of 8]

SABINE PASS, TX, UNITED STATES

03.31.2023

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 8       

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Chad Rollins, a machinery technician at Station Sabine, uses two crescent wrenches to pry open a hole in the hull of the sinking tugboat Sea Cypress at the mouth of the Sabine Pass Channel, March 31, 2023. After the trapped captain of the tugboat used a handheld torch to cut a hole in the hull, Rollins widened the hole with an ax, pinch bar and wrenches, bent open the steel hull and hoisted the captain and a deckhand to safety. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Katelynn Reyes)

• Date Taken: 03.31.2023
• Date Posted: 12.14.2023 15:08
• Photo ID: 8168958
• VIRIN: 230331-G-G0108-2002
• Resolution: 1536x2048
• Size: 1.11 MB
• Location: SABINE PASS, TX, US