Coast Guard members with Mobile’s Aviation Training Center -- helped in a bizarre rescue while training in Oregon. The man rescued from the capsized boat -- is now accused of stealing it.
Officials say the man stole the boat on the Oregon coast Friday morning and was rescued after he sent a mayday broadcast.
At 10 a.m., Sector Columbia River watchstanders received an audible MAYDAY call via VHF marine-band radio channel 16. No further information was provided in the radio transmission. An approximate position of the distress call origin was determined using radio tower triangulation. The rescue swimmer, a student of the Advanced Helicopter Rescue School, was deployed to the water using a winch cable before swimming toward the vessel. As the swimmer made his approach, a breaking wave capsized the vessel. The mariner was ejected from the vessel as a result and suffered minor injuries.
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