The U.S. Coast Guard saved multiple people after their boat sank in Georgia’s low country.
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Around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville received an alert from the operator of the Last Chance, a 26-foot sailboat, that was stranded north of the entrance to St. Marys Inlet, GA.
The Jacksonville borough sent out an urgent marine broadcast alerting all mariners in the area of the distress call.
Officials said the trio all put on life jackets and had prepared to get off the sailing vessel onto another a dingy.
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Coast Guard Station Mayport boat crew and a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah helicopter crew were launched to help.