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Good Samaritan Boater Saves Capsized Sailor

 

By Herald Staff

SOMERS POINT — A Good Samaritan rescued a man Aug. 27 after the boat he was aboard capsized south of the Ship Channel Bridge near Somers Point.
The Coast Guard received a call at 12:32 p.m. reporting a person clinging to an overturned sailboat.
A Good Samaritan aboard a boat rescued the man from the water.
“He was wearing a life jacket and was in the water for about 15 minutes before he was rescued by a Good Samaritan,” said Seaman Brendan Loerch a crewman from Coast Guard Station Great Egg,
A rescue boat crew from Station Great Egg arrived on scene and towed the boat to Ocean City Yacht Club in Ocean City.

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