Two Rescued From Rocks Off SoCal Coast – NBC Los Angeles

Video captured a Thanksgiving Day Coast Guard helicopter rescue close to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Southern California. 

The Coast Guard acquired a notification at about 10 a.m. Thursday {that a} Digital Selective Calling (DSC) misery sign was activated close to Santa Cruz Island, off the southwestern Ventura County coast. A crusing vessel with two individuals aboard ran aground on rocks close to the island. 

A Coast Guard helicopter and boat responded to the situation. The 2 people are safely hoisted onto the helicopter and transported to Level Mugu. 

“Fortunately, that they had a DSC-equipped radio which is how we have been capable of find them,” stated Petty Officer 2nd Class Tate Lewis, a member of the helicopter rescue workforce. “We’re grateful we have been capable of conduct a secure rescue and get them dwelling to their households in time for Thanksgiving.”

The DSC operate is on the market on many commercially accessible radios. It sends a misery beacon and notifies the Coast Guard of the situation. 

“This case is a superb instance of why having a number of means to speak misery to the Coast Guard is well worth the funding,” stated Lt. Cmdr. Quentin Lengthy, Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator at Sector Los Angeles/Lengthy Seaside. “Earlier than the survivors have been capable of make a direct name to our command middle and after abandoning their vessel, we had already acquired good locational knowledge for an affordable search space, primarily based on the DSC alert.”

The Coast Guard acquired a notification at about 10 a.m. Thursday {that a} Digital Selective Calling (DSC) misery sign was activated close to Santa Cruz Island, off the southwestern Ventura County coast. A crusing vessel with two individuals aboard ran aground on rocks close to the island. 

A Coast Guard helicopter and boat responded to the situation. The 2 people are safely hoisted onto the helicopter and transported to Level Mugu. 

“Fortunately, that they had a DSC-equipped radio which is how we have been capable of find them,” stated Petty Officer 2nd Class Tate Lewis, a member of the helicopter rescue workforce. “We’re grateful we have been capable of conduct a secure rescue and get them dwelling to their households in time for Thanksgiving.”

The DSC operate is on the market on man commercially accessible radios. It sends a misery beacon and notifies the Coast Guard of the situation. 

“This case is a superb instance of why having a number of means to speak misery to the Coast Guard is well worth the funding,” stated Lt. Cmdr. Quentin Lengthy, Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator at Sector Los Angeles/Lengthy Seaside. “Earlier than the survivors have been capable of make a direct name to our command middle and after abandoning their vessel, we had already acquired good locational knowledge for an affordable search space, primarily based on the DSC alert.”