Published
Jul 2, 2025 11:39 PM by
The Maritime Executive
On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued a family of three from a partially-sunken sailing vessel near Plana Cays, Bahamas, hundreds of miles from Florida's shores.
At about midnight on Sunday night, a good Samaritan notified Coast Guard Seventh District of a family aboard a yacht in distress. In response, the service dispatched a helicopter aircrew attached to Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos, the long-running counter-trafficking partnership based out of Great Inagua.
At about 0700 hours, a Jayhawk...
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