US Coast Guard saves father and sons clinging to capsized boat in Hawaii

A man and his 2 children were saved from the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii over nan weekend. 

The rescue happened connected Saturday aft nan man made a mayday telephone saying his vessel had capsized. The man hadn’t said connected nan telephone wherever he and his vessel were located.

The Honolulu sector of the US Coast Guard (USCG) heard nan telephone and sent chopper and airplane crews to hunt nan seas to effort and find nan man. 

Almost 5 hours later, nan chopper unit recovered nan overturned boat, pinch nan man and his 2 sons clinging to nan hull.

They weren’t wearing life jackets, nan Coast Guard said. 

“Carrying a handheld marine power allows you to notify first responders if you extremity up successful nan h2o aliases separated from your vessel,” Lt. Zachary Kayser, bid work officer, Sector Honolulu bid center, said successful a news release.

“We urge each boaters deterioration life jackets erstwhile underway. Emergencies unfold quickly and whitethorn not let capable clip to find and fasten a life jacket.”

Video from nan Coast Guard specifications nan rescue of nan man and children.

The Coast Guard said a rescue swimmer was deployed into nan waters to aquatics nan children and man to a handbasket truthful they could beryllium hoisted from nan h2o into nan helicopter.

The video shows nan swimmer jumping into nan water from nan chopper arsenic they statesman nan rescue. 

The 2 children were rescued from nan h2o first.

Clips successful nan video show each personification being saved. In each rescue, nan swimmer quickly swims complete to nan handbasket holding nan personification they’re carrying.

The video past shows nan handbasket being raised from nan water, dangling complete nan ocean, earlier making it to nan helicopter. 

In 1 of nan last clips, nan begetter is seen being pulled up from an alternate camera perspective farther away. The only point successful show successful nan inheritance is nan unfastened ocean. 

The Coast Guard said nan man and his children weren’t injured, and they were taken to nan Kahului Airport successful Maui aft being pulled from nan water. 

The man told nan Coast Guard his vessel was capsized aft it was swamped by a wave.

The USCG said waves astatine nan clip were 3-5 feet high, with wind gusts astatine 9 mph.