The USCG rescued on January 7, Tuesday, two fishermen from the water when their vessel sank in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, both suffering from hypothermia, with one of the rescuees losing their life despite the efforts at resuscitation. The USCG is still looking for two more fishermen from the vessel.
Specifically, on Tuesday night watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District command centre were informed by a distress signal from an EPIRB registered to the shrimp trawler Papa’s Girl.
Thus, the USCG sent a motor life boat crew from Station Hatteras Inlet, along with a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City were launched to respond.
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When the authorities arrived on the scene, two of the four crewmembers were rescued and transferred them to Sentara Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City for medical care. Both mariners rescued were hypothermic condition; one required CPR and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
For the time being, the USCg has informed of one rescued, one dead and two missing. Therefore, the coast guard is continuing its search and rescue operations.
