NEW ORLEANS - On Aug. 27, the Coast Guard rescued a 31-year-old man and 10-year-old girl from their capsized vessel about three miles southwest of Cat Island, Miss.
CG Sector Mobile, Ala., received a report at 6:46 p.m. from Harrison County 911-dispatch of a man and child sitting atop a capsized vessel.
The CG launched a Gulfport, Miss.-based 29-foot Response Boat-Small boatcrew to assist; and requested the diversion of a Civil Air Patrol flight to assist in locating the vessel.
The CAP flight crew located the capsized vessel and vectored in the boatcrew, who then embarked the boaters and transported them to Pass Christian. No injuries were reported. Coast Guard 08/29/23) Coast Guard rescues two from capsized vessel near Cat Island, Miss. > United States Coast Guard News > Press Releases (uscg.mil)
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