Crime & Safety
Coast Guard Rescues Floundering Boat 8 Miles off Coast
A sailor was rescued after a boat began taking in water eight miles off the coast.
A boat began taking on water about eight miles off the coast today, earning the vessel a U.S. Coast Guard escort to Newport Beach while the operator pumped out the water.
Coast Guard officials were alerted shortly after 4 p.m. about the distressed boat, according to Coast Guard Petty Officer Andrea Anderson.
The lone person aboard was pumping the water out while a Coast Guard ship escorted the sailor back to Newport Harbor, Anderson said.
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