Five men were rescued Monday from an unmanned platform about 40 miles southeast of the Texas/Louisiana border, after their fishing boat began taking on water. The men made it to the unmanned platform and one man was able to call the Coast Guard for help at about 10:45 a.m. Sector Houston/Galveston watchstanders sent a 45-foot response boat and crew from Station Sabine Pass, but the weather conditions didn't allow for them to safely get the men aboard from the rig. In order to recover the men before potentially severe weather moved in, two MH-65 Dolphin helicopters were sent from Air Station Houston to get the men to safety. "They were out there in the elements and had no way of getting back.