COAST GUARD RESCUES TWO TEENAGERS

  Sector Detroit
U.S. Coast Guard

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Date: May 12, 2006

Contact: LT Catherine Mellette
(313) 568-9615

COAST GUARD RESCUES TWO TEENAGERS

DETROIT - U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Clair Shores rescued two teenagers half a mile offshore near Madison Avenue at 5:41 p.m. yesterday.

U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Clair Shores received notification from St Clair police dispatch reporting a 15ft overturned canoe, two teenagers were in the water and needed assistance.

 A 25' RB-S from Station St. Clair Shores was deployed.  Upon arriving onscene, the two teenagers were recovered and pulled to safety.  The rescued teenagers were transferred to local EMS.

Coast Guard Sector Detroit directly oversees all Coast Guard missions on South Lake Huron, Lake St Clair and Western Lake Erie from Alpena, Michigan to Marblehead, Ohio. 

 

 

 

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