Coast Guard rescues 2 from sinking 44-foot sailboat off South Carolina
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Two people were rescued Friday by the U.S. Coast Guard after their 44-foot sailboat sank in South Carolina waters.
After unsuccessfully trying to make contact with the boat on VHF Channel 16, the Coast Guard received an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) activation from the vessel and issued an urgent marine information broadcast over the radio.
The rescue boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah helicopter crew immediately launched to search for the mariners. A good Samaritan boater arrived at the scene to find the sailboat on the jetty partially submerged, but was unable to locate the crew.
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