Coast Guard rescues 4 from disabled fishing boat in frigid water off NC’s Outer Banks
Four fishermen were rescued from a disabled boat in frigid water off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, officials said.
Watchstanders with the U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, from the captain of the fishing boat, named Bald Eagle II, who said the boat was disabled and drifting toward shore, according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard District 5.
Helicopter and lifeboat crews responded to the vessel, which was located off the coast of Duck.
Crews airlifted the men off the boat and took them to the air station, the Coast Guard said. They weren’t injured.
Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Hall said in the release that the water temperature was 56 degrees and that it could have been “dangerous had these four men not been prepared.”
“Fortunately, these men were wearing survival suits to prevent hypothermia when our rescue helicopter arrived,” Hall said, according to the news release.
No other information about the rescue had been released as of Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Duck is located in Dare County, about 213 miles east of Raleigh.
This story was originally published December 8, 2021 at 10:08 AM.
