Coast Guard rescues 4 Canadians from capsized catamaran off North Carolina
The Coast Guard Command Center received an emergency signal at 12:18 p.m. from Moon Dragon, a catamaran off the coast of North Carolina Sunday afternoon. Four Canadian mariners were rescue d by the U.S. Coast Guard after their boat capsized 140 miles off the shore of Wilmington, North Carolina, the USCG said in a release. The Coast Guard Command Center received an emergency signal at 12:18 p.m. from Moon Dragon, a catamaran off the coast of North Carolina Sunday afternoon. A member of the U.S. Coast Guard works during a rescue of four Canadians about 140 miles off the coast of North Carolina, in a still from a video released by the USCG on Oct. 22, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard Once at the scene, an airplane crew found the capsized catamaran and a covered life raft. All four aboard the Moon Dragon were found safe in the raft and were uninjured, using a radio to call for help. The mariners were saved by a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter crew and sent to Air Station Elizabeth City. The four a...