A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., aboard an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter, hoists a fisherman out of the Pacific Ocean after his 28-foot vessel sank about 15 miles west of Newport, May 25, 2014. Available in high definition.
The master of the 28-foot fishing vessel Rip Rider contacted Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Oregon, at 8:20 a.m., via VHF-FM radio reporting that he was taking on water and had donned survival equipment, and at 8:33 a.m., the man's 406 mhz emergency position indicating radio beacon activated, broadcasting his exact location.
U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Facility Newport.
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