DETROIT (WWJ) — A dramatic rescue unfolded on the Detroit River, early Thursday morning, after a 45-foot pleasure craft caught fire, with seven passengers on board.
Officials said the first all came in just before 3 a.m. on the Canadian side of the river, prompting Canadian rescue officials to request urgent assistance from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it immediately launched a 29-foot response boat crew from Station Belle Isle, and arrived to find the vessel heavily engulfed in flames…