January 7, 2017
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued two people from a sunken vessel approximately 2 miles offshore Fort Morgan, Alabama, Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 10:20 p.m. that a 24-foot pleasure craft with two people on board was taking on water approximately 2 miles offshore Fort Morgan.
Watchstanders directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Dauphin Island to assist the vessel.
The crew arrived on scene at 10:53 p.m. and found the vessel had sunk. They recovered the two people from the water and transported them back to Station Dauphin Island where they were picked up by a friend.