A Bisso Marine offshore supply vessel (OSV) helped rescue five people from a recreational boat taking on water off the USA state of Louisiana on Saturday.
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Several units were involved in the cases, according to a press release from the Coast Guard.
A 45-foot Response-Boat-Medium (RBM) crew launched from Station Wrightsville Beach and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched from Air Station Elizabeth City.
A spokesman says the search began after 12:30 a.m., when watchstanders at Sector Hampton Roads in Portsmouth received a call from two crew members aboard a 31-foot long fishing boat.
The Coast Guard then picked up the boaters and towed their boat back to Grand Isle. The 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew responded to the scene.
A helicopter and rescue boat were dispatched to the vessel and two people were rescued and taken to the Coast Guard station at Wrightsville Beach, the release said.
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Toniann Antonelli is the digital managing editor at NJ 101.5.
