Video: U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Saves Two Fishermen [Video]

Over the weekend, a U.S. Coast Guard aircrew rescued two fishermen whose vessel capsized in rough weather off Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico. 

At about 1300 hours on Saturday, Sector San Juan received a DSC alert from an unregistered VHF radio. Shortly after, a good Samaritan called in a report of a disabled vessel off the coast of Desecheo Island. Three hours later, the sector’s watchstanders received more specific information in the form of a Channel 16 distress call. The crew of a small fishing boat reported that their vessel was disabled off Desecheo Island, and that they had previously sent the DSC alert. 

A Coast Guard Auxiliary airplane crew out of Air Station Borinquen located the two men and their disabled vessel. Sector San Juan dispatched a Jayhawk helicopter air crew to the scene, and the rescuers arrived at about 1700. They were just in time: the boat was taking …