I know everyone of the Coast Guard personnel
from the Charelston (AKA Coos Bay Station) involved in this rescue.
The men and women who go out on these rescues are true heroes
Calls from a sinking vessel Monday (03/18/02) morning resulted in a response
from local U.S. Coast Guard personnel.
Around 10 a.m., crews from Motor Lifeboat Station Umpqua River, the Charleston lifeboat station
and a helicopter crew from U.S Coast Guard, Group North Bend Air Station,
responded to a call that the Charleston fishing vessel Genesis A was taking on water.
Master of the vessel, Nicholas R. Edwards, age and address unavailable,
reported the ship was taking on water and losing propulsion
about 7 miles northwest of the Coos Bay bar, about 3 miles from shore.
Two Coast Guard crew members boarded the vessel, pumped out the water and stopped the leak.
Edwards and the crew regained power to the vessel and returned to port in Charleston
escorted by three Coast Guard vessels. A Coast Guard spokesman said the cause of the leak was undetermined. There were no injuries.