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Good Samaritan helps Coast Guard rescue 2 men after boat capsizes
A medium-sized, 45-foot response boat like this one helped to pull two people from the water near Brunswick after their boat capsized Monday.
Two people were rescued from the water near Brunswick on Monday afternoon after their flat-bottomed boat capsized.
The U.S. Coast Guard pulled one person to safety and a good Samaritan who saw the crisis rescued the second. That person was reported unconscious, according to the Coast Guard.
It is not known what caused the 17-foot utility boat, also known as a jon boat, to capsize. The Coast Guard’s Charleston sector received a report of the emergency about 1:30 p.m.
The response boat was on scene about 10 minutes later.
The incident remains under investigation.
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