The Coast Guard rescued three people in the water near Venice Louisiana, November 11, 2017.
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued three people in the water near Venice Louisiana, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 8:26 a.m. from the motor vessel A.S. Patricia that there were three people in the water with their capsized vessel at Head of Pass, Louisiana.
Sector New Orleans launched a Coast Guard Station Venice Response Boat-Small boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew.
The boat crew arrived on scene and located the three people and the 22-foot pleasure craft Fixer Upper. The boat crew took the survivors aboard and transferred them to Venice Marina.
The owner of the vessel has arranged for salvage with Seatow.
