21 Rescued After Two Boats Capsize

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Coast Guard and a couple Good Samaritans rescued 21 people 100-yards south of the jetties in Port Aransas, Texas late this morning.

A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a call at approximately 11:10 a.m. from a Good Samaritan reporting a capsized boat with three people in the water. The same Good Samaritan was able to pick up and bring all three people in his boat. In the process, a dolphin sight-seeing boat trying to assist, motor vessel Flipper, capsized and put all 18 people onboard in the water.

The Coast Guard launched a rescue boat crew from Station Port Aransas.

The Coast Guard boat located the overturned vessel. Station Port Aransas’ boat crew arrived and rescued all 18 people with the assistance of a Good Samaritan that was in the area. All survivors were wearing life jackets and no injuries were reported.

Coast Guard searching for missing swimmer

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Coast Guard is conducting a search for a 34-year-old man, Larry Tate, who was reported missing off mile marker 61 on Mustang Island 250 yards offshore in the Gulf of Mexico at 9:20 this morning.

A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call at 9:50 a.m. from Mr. Tate’s sister, reporting that she was on the beach and watched him go down while he was swimming.

An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Corpus Christi was launched to search the area. Station Port Aransas dispatched a rescue boat crew to assist in the search.

The Coast Guard plans to continue searching the area this evening and early tomorrow morning with aircraft and boats.

Anyone with information about the missing man is encouraged to contact the Coast Guard at (361) 939-6393.

Coast Guard responds to 3 different distress calls in South Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas - The Coast Guard responded to 3 different distress calls on Saturday.

The Coast Guard medevaced a 50 year old woman from a vessel 25 miles offshore of Port Aransas, Texas.

A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a radio call from the Captain of motor vessel LA PESCA at approximately 10:20 a.m. today reporting a passenger on board who appeared to be having a heart attack. The Coast Guard launched a rescue boat crew from Station Port Aransas to go to the vessel.

The rescue boat crew medevaced the passenger back Station Port Aransas where an ambulance was waiting and took her to North Bay hospital.

The Coast Guard rescued 3 people from a sinking 17-foot center console boat in Aransas Bay 2 miles east of Rockport, Texas.

Aransas County Sheriff’s Department reported a boat taking on water at approximately 5:12 p.m. today. The Coast Guard launched a rescue boat crew from Station Port Aransas to assist. The rescue boat crew located the submerged vessel and recovered 3 people in the water.

No injuries were reported and they were taken to the boat ramp at Goose Island, Texas where they parked their vehicles.

The Coast Guard rescued 6 people from a capsized 20-foot sailboat 26 miles east of Palacios, Texas.

A watchstander from Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call at 5:15 p.m. today from Rotor Craft Leasing reporting that one of their helicopters discovered a capsized boat. The civilian helicopter remained on scene and reported that 4 people swam to Brazoria 446 off-shore rig while 2 people with lifejackets were swept away by the current. Coast Guard Air Station Houston and Air Station Corpus Christi launched HH-65 helicopter rescue crews to assist. The two people in the water were located at 5:40 p.m.

The two helicopter rescue crews hoisted all six people and transported them to Palacios Airport where an ambulance was waiting and took them to the hospital.