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.

By: Christian Stapleton | WKRG
Published: October 31, 2009

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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.