STAFF REPORT • September 8, 2009
What the U.S. Coast Guard described as a Good Samaritan rescue, two people were safely brought to shore after they called for help when the 59-foot boat they were on was taking on water 27 miles east of Manasquan Inlet Tuesday.
The Coast Guard said in a prepared release that it overheard a distress call between the crew of fishing boat Lady M and an unknown commercial provider reporting they were taking on water and listing.
The Coast Guard issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched Coast Guard rescue crews to assist.
Rescue boat crews from Coast Guard stations in Point Pleasant Beach and Barnegat Light, and an aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station in Atlantic City were dispatched.
The crew of the Atlantic Traveler responded to the broadcast and recovered both people from a life raft they got into after they abandoned the Lady M, capsized and sank in 276 feet of water, the release said.
The crew of the Atlantic Traveler took the two people to Point Pleasant Beach. No injuries were reported, the Coast Guard said.
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