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The Coast Guard rescued a boater from a 22-foot fishing boat after it ran aground in a marsh approximately 5-miles north of Mayport, Fla., Monday.
Rescued was Perry Thompson, 49, of Jacksonville, Fla.
A MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Ga., deployed a rescue swimmer and rescued Thompson at approximately 12:49 p.m. Monday.
Thompson was transported to Craig Municipal Airport in Jacksonville.
Also responding to the distress was a Coast Guard Station Mayport 25-foot rescue boatcrew.
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