Coast Guard rescues six near Venice after two boats become disabled
PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The Coast Guard rescued six boaters near Venice, Louisiana in Plaquemines Parish after two boats became disabled on Friday, Dec. 22.
Coast Guard officials said watchstanders received a report of a boat called Georgia P. being disabled about 70 miles east of Venice around 6:30 p.m.
Slidell marsh fire being monitored
They said a boat called Seahorse also became disabled after responding “to the tow of fishing vessel Georgia P.”
A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter was dispatched to the area, and the boaters were brought to the Gulf Shores International Airport in Alabama.
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