The US Coast Guard rescued an 81-year-old man whose boat began to sink in the Little Back River, Georgia on Saturday. Tybee Coast Guard Station followers retweeted a message at 8:32 p.m. that a man was on board a 16-foot boat to sail the water. crew. “Our crew was lucky enough to find this man after an hour of searching using a cell phone’s approximate location ping,” said Lt. Christinia Batchelder, Savannah Coast Guard Air Station, pilot in the incident said. “We recommend that sailors equip a survival kit with flares and radios in case they get into a dangerous situation so that the Coast Guard can locate them quickly.” Airport.
The US Coast Guard rescued an 81-year-old man whose boat began to sink in the Little Back River, Georgia on Saturday.
Coast Guard Tybee Watchers retweeted a message at 8:32 p.m. that a man was on board a 16-foot boat sailing on the water.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from the Savannah Coast Guard Station responded, along with a crew from the Chatham Eagle County Sheriff’s Office.
“Our crew was lucky enough to find this man after an hour of searching using a cell phone’s approximate location ping,” said Lt. Christinia Batchelder, Savannah Coast Guard Air Station, pilot in the incident said. “We recommend that sailors make a survival kit with flares and a radio in case they find themselves in a dangerous situation so that the Coast Guard can locate them quickly. .”
After being pulled out of the water, the man was transported to emergency medical services at Savannah International Airport.
