PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Four young men almost had to be rescued near the mouth of Netarts Bay on New Year’s Day, according to the Netarts-Oceanside Fire District.
Crews received a call for a boat in distress on Thursday. According to the fire district, a drone operator jumped into action and “had eyes on [the boat] within minutes.”
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“Our boat crew found four young males in a very small, overloaded, underpowered boat not wearing life vests,” officials said.
The men were able to make their way back to the dock uninjured, but crews say it could have turned out much differently…