The Coast Guard says a helicopter crew rescued a man and his dog after the man's sailing vessel grounded in the dark near Horn Island, Miss.
The Coast Guard's office in Mobile, Ala., says it was called about 1:30 a.m. Saturday from the island, which is about 10 miles off the Mississippi coast.
A news release says the man had paddled with his dog from the sailboat to the barrier island in a kayak that he keeps on board, and called the Coast Guard from the island.
It says the station in Pascagoula sent a 41-foot rescue boat, but the water around Horn Island was too shallow for the boat to get close. The helicopter flew out from New Orleans.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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