GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Two injured boaters were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard near Thatchers Island off Gloucester on Sunday.
The rescue shortly before 3 p.m.
The U.S. Coast Guard Station Gloucester was conducting training in the vicinity of Ten Pound Island when they were diverted for a search and rescue case involving the injured boaters, who were on board a 23-foot vessel, one with a reported back injury.
The Coast Guard transferred 2 Station Gloucester personnel to the vessel to render aid.
The Coast Guard personnel assessed the patients and rendered appropriate first aid and proceeded to closely escort the vessel into Rockport Harbor where EMS was standing by.
Once safely moored, the Coast Guard members transferred both injured boaters to waiting ambulances, and they were sent to the hospital.
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