3 boaters rescued near Pascagoula, Miss.: U.S. Coast Guard

Brett Greenberg

1 year ago

PASCAGUOLA, Miss. (WKRG) — Three boaters were rescued from a sinking boat near Pascagoula, Miss. Monday morning, according to a release from the United States Coast Guard.

USCG said they received a distress alert at around 8:11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30 from an “Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon” roughly 11 miles southeast of Pascagoula.

USCG said they contacted the owner of the vessel “who informed them her husband and two others had taken the boat for fishing and that she was unable to contact them.”

Vessel sinking approximately 11 miles southeast of Pascagoula, Mississippi, Jan. 30, 2023. The Coast Guard rescued three boaters after their vessel began taking on water. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Coast Guard Station Pascagoula)

Distressed boater sits in life raft near sinking vessel Jan. 30, 2023, near Pascagoula, Mississippi. Coast Guard Station Pascagoula arrived on scene and transported three boaters to shore. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Coast Guard Station Pascagoula)

Coast Guard Station Pascagoula rescues distressed boaters Jan. 30, 2023, near Pascagoula, Mississippi. The boaters used an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) to send a distress signal. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Coast Guard Station Pascagoula)

When the USCG arrived, one boater was in a life raft and the other two were standing on the bow of the boat.

Sector Mobile and Coast Guard Station Pascagoula coordinated the rescue. All three people were reported to be in stable station and transported to Bayou La Batre, Ala.