‘He was in pretty bad shape’: Coast Guard rescues two fishermen off Rhode Island
A Coast Guard rescue crew responded to a disabled 17-foot fishing boat with two people aboard on Sunday. The boat was about five miles southwest of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, according to the Coast Guard.
The crew aboard a 45-foot response boat, from Station Point Judith, were the closest to the fishermen.
The station’s medic, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Gingras, said upon arriving at the scene, he evaluated the men, and found the operator was suffering from symptoms of hypothermia.
“The operator of the boat had been soaking wet for four to five hours, with the wind howling. He was in pretty bad shape,’’ Gingras said in a statement. “We got him out of his wet clothes, put a few space blankets around him, cranked the heater, and helped him through the transit.’’
In addition to transferring the two men onto the Coast Guard boat, the response crew also towed the disabled boat, which was later moored at the Stonington Harbor Yacht Club in Connecticut.
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