Coast Guard rescues injured sailor off Georgia coast
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an injured man whose sailboat, the Quicksilver, ran aground near Sapelo Sound, Georgia on Wednesday. The man was airlifted away from the scene.
The man radioed that his 36-foot vessel, the Quicksilver, had run aground and was taking on water, the Coast Guard said. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
"Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and directed the launch of a Coast Guard Station Brunswick boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah helicopter crew to assist," the release stated. "Commercial salvage also responded to the scene."
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