July 26, 2021 — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued seven people from a 40-foot sport fishing boat far off the Jersey Shore on Sunday as bad weather moved into the area, officials said.
The crew of the boat activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, known as EPIRB, just after 1 p.m. as heavy rain, wind and waves of nearly 10 feet began flooding the vessel about 60 miles southeast of Cape May, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Monday.
The Coast Guard at Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina sent an MH-60 Jayhawk and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, while station Indian River in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware dispatched a a 47-foot motor life boat after being notified by watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay.
All seven people on the fishing boat were hoisted onto the aircraft and brought to Elizabeth City for treatment by local EMS, the Coast Guard said.