Crew Safe After Tugboat Sinks In Mobile Bay

Three people were rescued by the Coast Guard and a fourth made it to shore on a small boat after their tugboat partially sank in Mobile Bay. Coast Guard Mobile Bay
by Associated Press
Published: Sat, October 31, 2009 - 12:35 pm CST Last Updated: Sat, October 31, 2009 - 12:52 pm CST
MOBILE, Alabama - Three people were rescued by the Coast Guard
and a fourth made it to shore on a small boat after their tugboat
partially sank in Mobile Bay.
A Coast Guard report says the tugboat sunk around 3 a.m.
Saturday, leaving the crew of four stranded.
A rescue helicopter and crew from the Coast Guard Air Station in
New Orleans found and rescued three of the crew members around 5
a.m. The fourth crew member made it ashore in a 14-foot skiff and
contacted the local fire department to say he was safe.
A Coast Guard pollution team was on its way to the partially
sunken tug to try to contain any fuel and oil that may leak from
the boat.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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Wait4Me Says:
Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Why assume he bailed on them?  He may have been the last one off.  At the first sign of trouble on a vessel ones first instinct is to abandon the boat.  They may have been able to signal the CG for assistance and he was unable to at the time the helo was on scene.

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KxVicious Says:
Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 3:34 pm

“The fourth crew member made it ashore in a 14-foot skiff”

That boat would have held all 4 crew members…Wonder why he bailed on them?

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