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OCEAN CITY (Aug.
8, 2008) - The Coast Guard rescued five
people 75-yards off the shore of Ocean City
Inlet, Md., Friday.
The Coast
Guard received a call at 1:30 p.m. reporting
that five members of the Ocean City Beach
Patrol were conducting paddle board training
when they were caught in a rip current.
Rescue boat crews from Station Ocean City
along with local lifeguards and, fire
and rescue crews arrived on scene at 1:37
p.m. to recover the people in the water.
The rescue
boat crew recovered all five people with no
injuries.
"They are
all in good condition," said Sgt. Jeff
Brabitz, a crew chief from the Ocean City
Beach patrol. "They were just out pass the
rocks and got caught in the current. It
was a pretty quick recovery from the people
involved." |