Coast Guard, Fire Crews Rescue 4 From Vessel Taking On Water

BALTIMORE, MD — Anne Arundel County Fire and Coast Guard crews rescued four people from a boat in Herring Bay that was taking on water late Friday night. According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders received a cell phone call from someone onboard the vessel reporting the craft was in trouble.

A 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew and a 29-foot response boat-small boat crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis responded. Once on the scene, the 45-foot response boat crew members transferred two people aboard the response boat, helped removed water from the vessel, and towed the boat to Herrington Harbour North marina. The 29-foot response boat crew members also helped get water out of the vessel and escorted the 45-foot response boat into the marina.

The Anne Arundel Fire boat transferred the other two people aboard their boat.

“We’d like to thank the Anne Arundel Fire Department for supporting this case so quickly,” said Ensign Clayton Harts, the command duty officer at Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region’s command center, in a news release. “Our relationships with local state and federal partners help us to save lives and make the Mid-Atlantic waters safer for everyone."