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Watch: Coast Guard Rescues 2 From Stranded Napa Houseboat
A U.S. Coast Guard contingent rescued two people from a houseboat that had run aground Friday morning in the Napa River.
NAPA, CA — A U.S. Coast Guard contingent rescued two people from a houseboat that had run aground houseboat Friday morning in the Napa River.
Napa police contacted the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command center about 6 a.m. the beached houseboat with two passengers aboard.
A 29-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station Vallejo and a Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco were dispatched to the scene. A rescue swimmer was lowered and hoisted the stranded pair to the helicopter.
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The boaters were taken to Napa County Airport, where emergency medical crews and police were waiting.
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