Coast Guard rescues men clinging to hull of capsized boat off South Carolina
The U.S. Coast guard rescued three men Thursday after their 23-foot boat capsized off the South Carolina coast, the agency said.
The U.S. Coast guard rescued three men Thursday after their 23-foot boat capsized off the South Carolina coast, the agency said.
A good Samaritan sounded the alarm to Coast Guard Sector Charleston just before 7:30 a.m. that they had spotted three men "clinging to the overturned hull" of a boat around 5 miles east of Charleston Harbor, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
Search and rescue teams were dispatched and managed to pull the three men from the water to safety.
The men were offered emergency medical care, but the Coast Guard said there were no reported medical concerns.
It was not clear what exactly caused the boat to capsize.
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