Coast Guard rescues six from flooding boat off Port Aransas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Crews with Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi helped rescue six people in a stranded, flooding vessel on Friday morning, according to a post on their Facebook page.

A mayday call was sent around 10:40 a.m., the Coast Guard said. A boat with six people 24 nautical miles offshore of Port Aransas was rapidly taking on water. A response boat was launched from Station Port Aransas, as well as two aircraft from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi.

All arrived withing the hour, according to the Coast Guard…

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