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Post by jonsdigs on Jun 12, 2007 19:41:50 GMT -5
PA helicopter rescues hikers standed in sea caveKONP (Olympic Peninsula, WA) June 12th, 2007 - 10:57am (Port Renfew) --Two people were rescued by the Coast Guard from a sea cave at Owen Point on Vancouver Island near Port Renfrew, B.C., Monday. The Canadian Coast Guard in Victoria notified Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles at 5:40 p.m. that a man had reported two of his friends were trapped in the cave. While a Canadian vessel and Cormorant helicopter crew were dispatched by Victoria, a helicopter crew from Port Angeles was launched along with a 47-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Neah Bay. The Port Angeles Coast Guard helicopter crew located the cave-like hole at 6:50 p.m. and proceeded to lower a swimmer who pulled the couple to safety with help from the pair's friends. The two had been swept by the sea into the cave along with a third man while hiking with two other companions at around 9:30 a.m. Two of the five American hikers managed to swim to shore, but their friends were trapped until one of the men extricated himself from the cave and hiked to a cabin to call for help. All five hikers, four men and one woman, were found and flown to Port Renfrew for medical attention. No serious injuries were reported. Article
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