Coast Guard Helps Sinking Commercial Fishing Boat Off Key West
Coast Guard rescue crews assisted Kayden Nicole, a 73-foot commercial fishing boat after it began taking on water about 46 miles northwest of Key West, Florida.
The vessel’s emergency positioning indicating radio beacon alerted Coast Guard watchstanders that the three-person crew needed help.
Station Key West's 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew arrived on scene and transferred a dewatering pump to the fishing crew. Then, an Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew arrived on scene, passing a second dewatering pump to the boat...
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