U.S. Coast Guard Rescues 4 People After 26-Foot Boat Capsizes 35 Miles West of Homosassa
By U.S. Coast Guard 7th District PA Detachment Tampa Bay // April 2, 2019
four people clinged to their overturned boat without life jackets
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA – The Coast Guard rescued four people after their 26-foot boat capsized 35 miles west of Homosassa.
Rescued were Inverness natives Brittany Thompson, 34, and Brian Thompson, 35. Also rescued were Joanna Fraser, 42, and Lincoln Fraser, 44.
At 11:29 a.m. Coast Guard Seventh District watchstanders received a call from the International Emergency Rescue Coordination Center reporting a personal locator beacon had been activated.
An Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew was launched and located four people in the water without life jackets clinging to their overturned boat.
The helicopter crew hoisted the boaters and transported them to the air station where EMS awaited.
A 27-foot Utility Boat-Medium boat crew from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown and the crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Pelican (WPB-87327) were also launched to assist.
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