They have been the catch of the day.
A pair of frightened fishermen have been dumped within the ocean when their boat flipped over in 8-foot swells off the coast of Puerto Rico on Saturday — and solely saved within the nick of time.
Dramatic video from the US Coast Guard captured the second the 2 soggy mariners — clinging to their sinking boat — have been plucked to security about 5 miles from Desecheo Island off Puerto Rico’s western shoreline.
The pair’s sinking fishing boat went down simply 5 minutes after assist arrived, the federal maritime company stated in a press launch Sunday.
“Our crews worked together to conduct the rescue safely and efficiently with the best possible outcome,” Coast Guard plane commander Lt. David Tirado Tolosa stated in a press release.
“Emergencies at sea can happen at any given moment,” Tolosa stated. “We recommend all mariners wear their life jackets and carry a marine grade radio as these men did, in case they encounter an unexpected situation at sea.”
The Coast Guard obtained the misery alert round 4 p.m. a few disabled vessel within the ocean.
An MH-60 Jayhawk chopper was then dispatched from Air Station Borinquen in Puerto Rico to hurry to the scene — arriving simply earlier than the boat sank at 5 p.m.
The footage reveals a Coast Guard crew member leaping into the water and swimming out to the 2 males, who have been then pulled onto the helicopter separately.
The 2 males weren’t injured, the Coast Guard stated.
