CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS12) — Two boaters were rescued by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) after their 30-foot vessel became disabled on Wednesday.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, crews received the call at about 3:24 a.m. and coordinated a helicopter launch roughly 40 miles west of Tarpon Springs.
“The distress alert was vital in providing us critical information to rapidly deploy a helicopter crew to assist,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Aybar, a search and rescue controller at Southeast District command center…