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    Coast Guard rescues 2 from aground sailboat in Alligator River near Elizabeth City, NC

    PORTSMOUTH, VA, UNITED STATES

    11.29.2013

    Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill 

    U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

    PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard rescued two people from an aground vessel Friday at the entrance to the Alligator River near Elizabeth City, N.C.

    The crew of the Permission Impossible, a 22-foot sailboat, contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday reporting their sailboat was aground and were in need of assistance.

    Sector North Carolina watchstanders issued a marine assistance request broadcast and dispatched crews aboard a 25-foot Response Boat - Small from Coast Guard Station Elizabeth City and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City to assist.

    The RB-S from Station Elizabeth City arrived on scene, but was unable to get close enough to pass a towline to the aground sailboat due to the shallow water.

    The Jayhawk crew lowered a rescue swimmer to the sailboat, hoisted a man and a woman from the sailboat and took them to the air station where they were taken to a local hotel.

    There were no reports of injuries, and the owner is scheduled to salvage the boat.

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    Date Taken: 11.29.2013
    Date Posted: 11.30.2013 11:48
    Story ID: 117571
    Location: PORTSMOUTH, VA, US

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