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Coast Guard rescues four capsized boaters near Destin, Florida

U.S. Coast Guard boat crew members with Coast Guard Station Destin rescue four capsized boaters near the Destin Bridge in Destin, Florida, July 7, 2021. The boat crew found the […]

Jared Williams

U.S. Coast Guard boat crew members with Coast Guard Station Destin rescue four capsized boaters near the Destin Bridge in Destin, Florida, July 7, 2021. The boat crew found the capsized boaters while returning from a previous mission. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy video)

Four people were rescued from a capsized vessel by the Coast Guard on Wednesday near the Destin bridge.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders were notified by Coast Guard Station Destin at 8:40pm. The crew was returning from an earlier case when they came across four boaters with a damaged vessel.

Station Destin’s 24-foot Special Purpose Boat-Shallow Water crew was launched and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s 22-foot jet-drive boat crew were also launched.

All four boaters were safely rescued by Station Destin and transported to be seen by emergency medical personnel.

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