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Jersey-Based Coast Guard Helo Crew Finds Boater in Va.

Accidents | 16 weeks 6 days ago | Comments 1

By Herald Staff

David Pruitt pulls up an anchor Sunday, March 23, 2008, to prepare for rescue near Tangier Island, Va. USCG Photo

BALTIMORE, MD. -- The Coast Guard helicopter crew, based in Atlantic City, located a missing boater March 23 who left from Tangier Island, Va., March 22 and had not returned home.

Rescued was David Pruitt, 56.

At about 1 a.m. on March 23, the Coast Guard Sector in Baltimore, Md., was notified by the Virginia Marine Resource Commission (VMRC) that Pruitt was reported overdue by his brother Tommy Pruitt Saturday evening. Pruitt had departed Tangier Island en route to Smith Island, Md., at about 1 p.m. Saturday in a 16-foot skiff boat.

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