WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:
SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan vessel rescued three people Friday from a 32-foot motor vessel that was on fire and taking on water approximately 5 miles west of Stinson Beach.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a distress call on VHF channel 16 at 11:58 a.m. from a good Samaritan who reported smoke coming from the vessel and a person aboard waving their arms.
Watchstanders coordinated the launches of a Coast Guard Station Golden Gate 47-foot motor lifeboat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew. Before Coast Guard crews arrived, the good ...