Missing boaters fending off sharks rescued by Coast Guard "just in the nick of time" off Louisiana coast

Two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from waters off the Louisiana coastline, the Coast Guard said.

"Rescued just in the nick of time," the U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland said in a news release, while also posting dramatic video of the rescue.

The Coast Guard launched a search after a relative reported the three people failed to return from a fishing trip Saturday evening.