Video shows the Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston rescuing a surfer pushed offshore near Bolivar Beach, Texas, on Saturday in 8-foot seas and winds of 34 mph.
According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders received a call at 3:50 p.m. on Saturday about a 20-year-old surfer being pushed offshore into 8-foot seas and winds of 34 miles per hour off Bolivar Beach, Texas.The surfer's father was wearing a life jacket and had a fishing line tied to his belt, but was having trouble swimming out to help his son, the Coast Guard said.
Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and decided to send an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston that was already in the air to help.Meanwhile, a family member on the beach was said to have reeled the surfer’s father safely ashore.
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