Coast Guard airlifts 3 from aground sailboat
PAMLICO SOUND, N.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted three people from the water after their sailboat ran aground near Rawls Island, Saturday.
Members aboard the 26-foot sailboat Honey Badger made a mayday call via VHF-FM channel 16, notifying Coast Guard watchstanders that their boat was on a shoal near Rawls Island.
Watchstanders dispatched a crew aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat from Coast...