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News Release

Date: September 5, 2010

Contact: Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson

(305) 213-9235

*Photo Release* Coast Guard rescues 7 boaters 30-miles east of Charleston, S.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Three people involved in an overnight rescue arrive via ambulance outside the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., hoisted 7 people who had abandoned a 38-foot powerboat after it began taking on water 30-miles east of Charleston Saturday. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Rhodes.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Three people involved in an overnight rescue arrive via ambulance outside the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., hoisted 7 people who had abandoned a 38-foot powerboat after it began taking on water 30-miles east of Charleston Saturday. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Rhodes.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Three people involved in an overnight rescue are transported into the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., hoisted 7 people who had abandoned a 38-foot powerboat after it began taking on water 30-miles east of Charleston Saturday. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Rhodes.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Three people involved in an overnight rescue are transported into the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., hoisted 7 people who had abandoned a 38-foot powerboat after it began taking on water 30-miles east of Charleston Saturday. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Rhodes.


 

 

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