US Coast Guard rescues stranded boaters as they fend off sharks
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The U.S. Coast Guard said its crews had worked to rescue three missing boaters offshore from Louisiana over the weekend. The boaters were fending off sharks.
The U.S. Coast Guard hoists a boater (Credit: U.S. Coast Guard) The Coast Guard rescued three boaters Sunday (U.S. Coast Guard video by Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi) Coast Guard search and rescue teams work to hoist boaters out of the water (U.S. Coast Guard video by Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi) Two of the rescued boaters (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans) The Coast Guard rescued three boaters Sunday, approximately 25 miles offshore from Empire, Louisiana, Oct. 9, 2022. Two of the three boaters were recovered by a Station Venice 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Andrew Stone) One of the boater's life jackets is torn due to a shark attack (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans) A member of the Coast Guard and one of the rescued boaters (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans) Julia Musto is a reporter for Fox News and Fox Business Digital.
The two boaters who had been fending off sharks had injured hands and were reportedly listed in stable condition at the University Medical Center New Orleans.
The Coast Guard did not release their names and did not specify whether the injuries were from bites.