Canoe ‘swamped' by water sends 2 into Puget Sound. Then WA ferry comes to rescue
Two people were sent into Puget Sound after their canoe became 'swamped' with water, officials said.
Then a ferry came to their rescue.
The U.S. Coast Guard got a report the evening of June 13 about two people in the water near Blake Island, the Washington State Ferries said in a June 16 Facebook post.
A ferry route happens to go that way, so the transportation service was asked to help retrieve the canoers, officials said.
'Our crew quickly changed course, launched a rescue boat and pulled two individuals from the water,' the ferry system said.
Ferry passengers had medical training, so they helped treat the canoers for 'signs of hypothermia.'
The ferry then took the pair to Bremerton where they were met by first responders, officials said.
They were checked and released.
Blake Island is in the Puget Sound, just southwest of Seattle.
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