Three rescued in waters off Barnegat Light

[Bucktail]

From pressofatlanticcity.com

Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009

MANASQUAN - A good samaritan rescued three people from the water Sunday after the 80-foot boat they were aboard caught fire 20 miles east of Barnegat Light, Coast Guard officials said.

The Coast Guard received a call at 3:25 a.m. from a crew member aboard the Miss Peaches relaying a call from a crew member from the Captain O J Riggs who was reporting an engine fire.

A rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City, a rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan, and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, from Atlantic Beach, N.C., were dispatched to the scene.

Good samaritans aboard the A.L. Milliken arrived on scene and recovered the crew from a lifeboat.

The crew of the Cutter Elm then arrived and extinguished the fire and the rescue boat crew transferred the three survivors aboard their boat.

The rescue boat crew transported the three crewmen to Coast Guard Station Manasquan. The survivors had no injuries.

The Captain O J Riggs broke apart and sank.

The incident is under investigation.

[Pfishingruven]

Lucky...good thing everyone was safe and this story had a good ending.

 

[ped579]

Yeah, is it my imagination or has this year been higher than normal of boating mishaps? 

[striperdad]

It sure does seem that way. To many accidents.