DATE: May 14, 2009 8:51:32 AM EDT

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News Release

Date:
May 14, 2009

Contact:
Petty Officer Nick Ameen
305-415-6683
***Video Release*** Coast Guard rescues person in water off Boynton Beach

Click here for video footage of a Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisting an individual from the water Wednesday.

MIAMI -- The Coast Guard continues to search off Boynton Beach, Fla., Thursday for possible people in the water from a reported capsized vessel.

Also assisting in the search is:

  • Customs and Border Protection
  • Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
  • Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
  • Boynton Beach Police Department
  • Lake Worth Police Department

A good Samaritan contacted the Coast Guard around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday reporting numerous people in the water and that he had recovered three.  The Coast Guard immediately launched a helicopter and jet crews from Coast Guard Air Station Miami, two smallboat crews from Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet, Fla., and the cutter Cormorant crew.

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