Flare brings help to missing mariners
20/10/2020
Two missing mariners were rescued after a flare brought help when their boat became disabled off the Florida, USA coast.
Overdue boaters Brett Stump, 30, and Cole Bramlet, 23 were rescued. A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircrew spotted their red flare early one morning in October.
The pair in the disabled 22-foot vessel 18 miles west of Hernando Beach was located by a Coast Guard Station Yankeetown 29-foot Response Boat. The uninjured mariners were subsequently transferred to Yankeetown Marina.
Cap. Matthew Thompson, Sector St. Petersburg commanding officer, says, “We are always grateful when we are able to locate missing mariners quickly and find them unharmed.
“Having the proper safety gear on board is important in cases like this to help us locate vessels offshore and out of cell phone range.”
The file image of Coast Guard 29-foot Response Boat-Small is by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson.
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