{"id":14380,"date":"2018-07-27T08:27:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T12:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=14380"},"modified":"2018-07-27T08:09:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T12:09:12","slug":"good-samaritan-vessel-helps-with-capsized-boat-near-detour-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/27\/good-samaritan-vessel-helps-with-capsized-boat-near-detour-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Samaritan Vessel helps with capsized boat near Detour Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">The Coast Guard responded to a report of a capsized vessel near Detour Passage, Michigan, Wednesday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie command center received a call via VHF-FM radio channel 16 from the cargo vessel Lee A. Tregurtha reporting that a 17-foot pleasure craft had capsized with four people onboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">Sector Sault Sainte Marie watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast, diverted the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn, launched a Station Sault Sainte Marie response boat crew, and requested an MH-60 helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">Approximately five minutes later, a good Samaritan who heard the urgent marine information broadcast arrived on scene. The good Samaritan vessel brought all four people on<\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">board their vessel shortly before a response boat crew from Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn arrived on scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">The four people were\u00a0transported to the Detour Village boat launch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">The capsized vessel sank in approximately 135 feet of water near Detour Passage. The Coast Guard is currently monitoring the area for any possible pollution or hazards to navigation. The Army Corps of Engineers will survey the channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: medium;\">The Coast Guard reminds boaters to always wear a life jacket. The number one cause of boating fatalities is drowning, most often by sudden, unexpected entry into the water. Wearing a life jacket dramatically increases the chances of surviving a boating accident.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coast Guard responded to a report of a capsized vessel near Detour Passage, Michigan, Wednesday evening. Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie command center received a call via VHF-FM radio channel 16 from the cargo vessel Lee A. Tregurtha reporting that a 17-foot pleasure craft had capsized with four people onboard. 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