Video Release: Coast Guard rescues fisherman from sinking vessel

ASTORIA, Ore. — The 34-foot fishing vessel Rose Marie sinks with one person onboard 20 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Coast Guard Group Astoria, Ore. issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Vanberkom.

ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., hoists a 53-year-old fisherman from a sinking vessel approximately 20 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

Coast Guard Group Astoria issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB) and launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Astoria, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a 53-year-old man from a sinking fishing vessel approximately 20 miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Tuesday.

At 5 a.m. an emergency indicating radio beacon followed by a broken mayday from the 34-foot fishing vessel Rose Marie with one person onboard was received by Coast Guard Group Astoria, Ore.

A Good Samaritan crew onboard the fishing vessel Gallatin Point responded to the UMIB and reported the Rose Marie low in the water with one person in a liferaft hanging onto the stern.

The helicopter crew hoisted and transported the fisherman to awaiting emergency medical services at Air Station Astoria. There were no injuries reported.

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