Four rescued from boat near Pictured Rocks. What Coast Guard, park service say happened
U.S. Coast Guard sailors and aviators, and National Park Service rangers on Friday, May 16, rescued four people from a fishing vessel that was taking on water north of Grand Marais on Lake Superior.
In Facebook posts on Saturday, the Marquette Coast Guard and park service said four people aboard the vessel were transferred safely to other vessels and their boat was towed back to port.
"Yesterday afternoon, Pictured Rocks' response vessel, Arrowhead, supported crews from U.S. Coast Guard Station Marquette and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City (rescued) a fishing vessel taking on water north of Grand Marais," Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore said in a Facebook post.
In addition to the NPS's Arrowhead, the Coast Guard's 45-foot "response boat" and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter assisted, the Coast Guard said.
"Our 45' Response Boat - Medium, along with the National Park Service's Arrowhead arrived on scene after being vectored to the vessel by a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Traverse City," the Coast Guard post said. "Both boats worked together transferring the personnel off the vessel in distress and safety towing it back into port saving four lives and preventing the loss of their vessel. Bravo Zulu to all those involved!"
Neither the Coast Guard nor the park service provided additional information the the stricken vessel's passengers or what caused it to take on water.
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Coast Guard, NPS rangers combine to rescue four from sinking boat near Pictured rocks
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