The Coast Guard hoisted a person from the water just off Sunset Beach near
Warrenton, Ore., Friday.
Coast Guard Sector Columbia
River received a call reporting a
distressed teenaged female in the water off Sunset Beach at approximately 12:50
p.m.
Sector Columbia River sent an already airborne MH-60
Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station
Astoria to the scene. The helicopter
crew arrived at approximately 1 p.m. to find a male struggling to rescue the
imperiled female in the surf approximately 100 yards from
shore.
The helicopter crew lowered a rescue basket and the man
was able to load the girl into the basket for a hoist. The crew then hoisted the
girl to the helicopter and transported her to Air Station Astoria in Warrenton,
Ore., where she was placed in the care of awaiting local EMS.
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