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The United States Coast Guard reported that an aircrew assisted in the rescue of eight fishermen who were in distress.
The interdiction occurred about 48 kilometers north of Haiti, in an operation coordinated with the Joint Rescue Coordination Center of the Dominican Republic (JRCC), with no injuries reported.
According to the text from the Coast Guard, the intervention was carried out by the crew of an HC-144 helicopter from AIRSTA Corpus Christi, which is part of the southeastern component of the U.S. Coast Guard.
That aerial unit provided support to the JRCC Republic Dominicana in assisting the eight fishermen who were "drowning" at sea at the time of the rescue.
During the maneuver, the flight crew deployed a bilge pump and life jackets to assist people in danger while a rescue boat that was already in the area arrived.
It was that vessel that finally managed to bring the eight fishermen out of the water.
The available information does not specify the nationality of those rescued, the type of vessel they were traveling in, nor the exact circumstances that led to the emergency.
It also doesn't specify how long they were adrift or at risk before being rescued. What the report clearly states is that the operation ended without any injuries.
The official report mentioned in the document attributes the rescue to the combined efforts of the U.S. aircraft and the maritime unit deployed in the area, located north of Haiti and coordinated with Dominican search and rescue authorities.
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