Kayakers’ Screams Brought Help But One Unresponsive Victim Was Helicoptered to St. Joseph Hospital
The Coast Guard responded. “We sent a 47 foot lifeboat and helo,” Corbin said. “The small boat didn’t make it all the way before the helicopter got on scene…The people were already on the beach.”
Apparently, she said, two people in a kayak had somehow fallen into the ocean near Crab Beach in the Loleta area. Their screams for help had alerted people on the shore. “Two Good Sam Kayakers went out to see if they could assist and helped bring them back,” Corbin explained. “We lowered rescue swimmer to investigate.”
“[We were] able to get one responsive and one was not responsive at the time,” Corbin reported. One did not need medical assistance and the other victim who was still unresponsive was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka.
The status of the victim is unknown at this point.
[Photo attribution: By Vlad Lazarenko (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]
Join the discussion! For rules visit: https://kymkemp.com/commenting-rules
Comments system how-to: https://wpdiscuz.com/community/postid/10599/
Lucky they got a call out in that spot. That completely sucks. Out enjoying yourself and have something like this happens. I wish the best for the people.
That doesn’t sound good. The mouth of the river is very dangerous, especially on a out going tide.
St. Joe’s? Uh Oh.
Might be better off on an outgoing tide than, St Jo… safer anyway.
Both are high risk maneuvers.
St. joe’s? Oh, man. Were they wearing required life vests? Confirmation scapular?
Its early and I’ve only had one cup of coffee, but isn’t the hole idea of kayaking to be in the water?
Is there any updates on this story? It sounds as if someone might have lost their life.