A Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew rescued a man stranded on a jetty, Sunday, in the vicinity of St Lucie Inlet.
The aircrew brought the man to Stuart Airport with no medical concerns.
At approximately 12:20 p.m., an Air Force Rescue Coordination Center watchstander notified
Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders of a personal locator beacon activation. Watchstanders
issued an urgent marine information bulletin and launched Air Station Miami.
“We are grateful this gentleman had a personal locator beacon to notify Coast Guard
watchstanders that he was in distress,” said Lt. Cmdr. James Fennessey, an Air Station Miami MH-65 helicopter pilot. “Today’s mission was truly a success to this mariner’s ability to use his safety equipment along with the high level of training and readiness our crews maintain in order to conduct rescues like this.”
