A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Facility Newport rescued a 22-year-old female surfer in distress near Agate Beach State Park, April 9, 2016.
She was transferred to members of the Lincoln County Fire Department on the beach in good condition.
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Facility Newport.
NORTH BEND, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Facility Newport rescued a 22-year-old female surfer in distress near Agate Beach State Park, Saturday afternoon.
She was transferred to members of the Lincoln County Fire Department on the beach in good condition.
Lincoln County 911 dispatchers contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend at around 2 p.m. notifying them that a person on the beach reported a surfer unable to make it to shore. The Dolphin aircrew was on patrol nearby and quickly located the distressed surfer.
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