Water accidents and rescues

[voyager35]

First one for 2014. Glad they are ok.

Coast Guard Rescues 2 Men From Raritan Bay
By Ashley Peskoe/NJ.com The Star-Ledger
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on April 07, 2014 at 1:02 PM, updated April 07, 2014 at 2:24 PM

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File Photo - A United States Coast Guard boat.Ashley Peskoe/NJ.com
KEANSBURG ? The United States Coast Guard rescued two men from the Raritan Bay after the boat they were in capsized Monday morning, police said.

Fisherman on a beach called 9-1-1 at 11:56 a.m. reporting the incident to Keansburg police, Deputy Chief Michael Pigott said. The 12-foot aluminum boat started taking on water and when the men tried to go back to Keansburg Marina, the boat capsized about 300-feet from the end of the pier, he said.

The victims, who are Hazlet resident, clung to the boat until the coast guard arrived and pulled them out of the water and put them on their boat, Pigott said.
The men were in the cold water for about 30 minutes, Pigott said. The coast guard took the men to the Keyport Marina where Keyport First Aid transported them to Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel for treatment, he said.

Patrolman Nicholas Angerami is the investigating officer, Pigott said.
http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf...ritan_bay.html

[hookset]

I hope I'm not out of line here but a 12 ft boat?Raritan bay in springtime with 45 degree waters and a little chop out there those guys are lucky they are not dead.

[hookset]

They're looking for a missing fishing crew member 35 miles off Manasquan. Prayers sent.

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MANASQUAN — The Coast Guard is searching for a man believed to have fallen overboard approximately 45 miles east of Manasquan Inlet Wednesday after he was reported missing from a fishing boat.
Missing is Renee Lopez, 30, of Newport News, Va., according to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard.
A crewmember from the fishing boat Yvonne Michelle contacted Coast Guard at 11:30 a.m. and reported Lopez was missing and believed to have fallen overboard, the Coast Guard said.
Searching are two MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, a 47-foot motor life boat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet and the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Mako, a coastal patrol boat homeported in Cape May.
Lopez was reported to be wearing a blue raincoat, orange boots and a hat.

[ledhead36]

Poor fellow hope they find him.