USCG Rescues Unconscious Boater

 

The Coast Guard rescued an individual from a marsh flat in Barataria Waterway located approximately six miles north of Grand Isle, Tuesday.

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders were notified by a good Samaritan of an unconscious person in a 17-foot aluminum john boat aground on a marsh flat at10:55 a.m.

Watchstanders directed the launch of two 24-foot response boatcrews from Coast Guard Station Grand Isle and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

The boatcrew arrived on scene within 10 minutes and safely transferred the individual back to Grand Isle. The individual was then transferred to a local hospital by ambulance. The Coast Guard boatcrew reported that the person was semi-coherent upon transfer to ambulance crewmembers.