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Coast Guard, First Responders Rescue 5 After Boat Capsizes Near Barnegat Inlet Coast Guard, First Responders Rescue 5 After Boat Capsizes Near Barnegat Inlet
Coast Guard, First Responders Rescue 5 After Boat Capsizes Near Barnegat Inlet The U.S. Coast Guard, along with state and local responders, rescued five people from the water after their personal boat capsized at the entrance to Barnegat Inlet, authorities said. At approximately 6:57 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 watchstanders at Sector Delaware Bay were informed that a vessel had capsized, stranding six people in the water. A 29-foot Response Boat and a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew launched from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Inlet to assist the stranded boaters. Coast Guard boat crews rescued three people, an off-duty lifeguard rescued two and the remaining boater swam to shor…

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