MILLTOWN — A Port Angeles Coast Guard crew and a good Samaritan rescued three duck hunters after the boat they were in capsized near the mouth of the Skagit River.
A MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles was training off San Juan Island when it received an emergency call from the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office at about noon Sunday.
One of the duck hunters had been rescued by a good Samaritan and was taken to a nearby marina.
The Coast Guard crew arrived at 12:18 p.m. and hoisted two other men who were stranded in knee-deep water, according to a Coast Guard news release.
The two men were transported to waiting emergency medical services at a nearby baseball field at 12:50 p.m.
“They stayed with the vessel, got out of the water as best they could, and used life jackets they had kept on board,” said Coast Guard Ensign Joshua Straits, pilot aboard the rescue helicopter.
“These decisions limited the effects of hypothermia and helped us to locate them quickly.”
None of the duck hunters were injured.
