A 21-foot pleasure craft takes on water near West Palm Beach, Jan. 29, 2018. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray.
MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued a man from a vessel taking on water Monday approximately 10 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Miami received a notification from a good Samaritan of a vessel taking on water with one person aboard. Watchstanders diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Cochito crew. They arrived on scene at approximately 3:30 p.m. and medevaced the man via smallboat to the Revere Beach Fire Rescue due to him suffering from a possible chemical reaction.
Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders confirmed that the man, a Bahamian national, is the subject of a previous overdue case and has been missing since Jan. 13, 2018.
