Video Release: Coast Guard rescues man in Keku Strait

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KEKU STRAIT, Alaska - A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescues a man from a sinking vessel in Keku Strait Nov. 1, 2011.

The man was overdue on a voyage from Kake to Wrangell and needed to be rescued after his 22-foot pleasure craft began taking on water.

U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Sitka.

To view more information about the rescue, click here.

For more information contact Lt. j.g. James Dooley at 907-463-2838.

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