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Hurricane Helene has devastated the southeastern United States … and, the U.S. Coast Guard’s rescue crew is working additional time — saving each individuals and pups.
Video is circulating on-line of a dramatic rescue from Thursday, off the coast of Sanibel Island in Florida… the place Helene had disabled a sailboat carrying a person and his canine.
Try the clip … members of the Coast Guard are dropped into the water through a rope, swimming over to the disabled ship the place man and man’s greatest pal — each carrying rescue vests — soar into the water to fulfill them.
The intrepid pup and his proprietor swim with the Coast Guard towards a basket. They clamber in, and the USCG pulls them up … ending what may’ve been a tragic state of affairs.
Based on the Coast Guard’s social media, this unnamed man and his canine companion had been about 25 miles off Sanibel when their 36-foot sailboat was disabled and commenced taking over water.
The Coast Guard took them to Southwest Florida Worldwide Airport the place they met with emergency companies, the CG stated … reportedly in good medical situation.
Not a lot luck for the ship … which remains to be disabled and drifting out within the water.
Whereas this incident befell mere hours earlier than the majority of the storm hit, Helene precipitated a ton of chaos within the Southeastern U.S.A. … killing at the very least fifty individuals in line with studies, and flooding massive cities like Atlanta within the course of. The storm’s been downgraded from a Class 4 since Friday.
Fortunately, the Coast Guard was in a position to keep away from a tragic state of affairs right here.
