Coast Guard Rescues Two From Aground Sailboat in Alligator River Near Elizabeth City, NC

ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

11.29.2013

Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

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, Nov. 29, 2013, reporting their sailboat was aground and were in need of assistance. A Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., 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. U.S. Coast Guard video by Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City

• Date Taken: 11.29.2013
• Date Posted: 11.30.2013 12:21
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 310297
• VIRIN: 131129-G-RU729-001
• Filename: DOD_100967045
• Length: 00:05:45
• Location: ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, US