Update: Coast Guard, Harbor Police rescue 26 from flooding boat near Coronado Islands

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Contact: Petty Officer Henry Dunphy

henry.g.dunphy@uscg.mil

619-252-1304

SAN DIEGO – Coast Guard crews teamed up with San Diego Harbor Police to ensure 26 people, who were aboard a charter fishing vessel that ran aground and was flooding, returned safely to San Diego Friday morning.

Twenty-two passengers were taken aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Edisto, with the aid of Harbor Police, and transported to H and M Landing in San Diego at approximately 7:30 a.m.

Four of the charter crew members, as well as a rescue and assistance team from the Edisto, remained aboard the damaged vessel for the transit to a salvage facility in Imperial Beach, Calif.

Coast Guard Sector San Diego received the mayday call just before 1:30 a.m., and launched a helicopter and diverted a Coast Guard Cutter to respond.

For video follow the link below:

http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=912115

For photos, follow the links below:

http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=912020

http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=912017

For a recording of the mayday call follow the link below:

http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=912111

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