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Good Samaritan Boater Saves Capsized Sailor
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse Ellison tows a sailboat to Ocean City Yacht Club in Ocean City, Aug. 27. U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Sam Freedman
SOMERS POINT -- A Good Samaritan rescued a man Aug. 27 after the boat he was aboard capsized south of the Ship Channel Bridge near Somers Point.
The Coast Guard received a call at 12:32 p.m. reporting a person clinging to an overturned sailboat.
A Good Samaritan aboard a boat rescued the man from the water.
"He was wearing a life jacket and was in the water for about 15 minutes before he was rescued by a Good Samaritan," said Seaman Brendan Loerch a crewman from Coast Guard Station Great Egg,
A rescue boat crew from Station Great Egg arrived on scene and towed the boat to Ocean City Yacht Club in Ocean City.
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