Mayday call before boat burns and sinks

FREEPORT, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

02.19.2017

Courtesy Audio

U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston

The captain of a boat with four people aboard, a 1974, 40-foot, Viking sport fishing boat, made a mayday call on VHF channel 16 to report a fire about 9 miles south of Surfside, Texas. Coast Guard Station Freeport quickly arrived and rescued all four. The boat sank after burning.

• Date Taken: 02.19.2017
• Date Posted: 02.19.2017 18:18
• Category: Newscasts
• Audio ID: 46887
• Filename: 1702/DOD_104094171.mp3
• Length: 00:00:15
• Location: FREEPORT, TEXAS, US