What to Know
- A charter fishing boat started taking on water off Sea Isle City, New Jersey, Monday.
- At least 22 people were rescued from the Starfish Boats vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
- Crews pumped water off the boat in the hours after the mishap.
About two dozen people were rescued from a charter fishing boat after a mishap near the Jersey Shore caused the vessel to take on water Monday.
The incident took place on board a Starfish Boats vessel near Townsend Inlet Bridge in Sea Isle City, U.S. Coast Guard Mid-Atlantic tweeted Monday night. Brittany DeClementi, the daughter of the boat's owner, told NBC10 the vessel potentially made contact with the bridge on its way back from a 4-hour fishing tour.
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Twenty-two passengers were on board the Starfish when it started taking on water, the Coast Guard said.
Everyone, including the captain, made it off the boat OK, Starfish said in a Facebook post where they thanked people "for the kind messages, calls and comments we have received so far regarding the incident this afternoon."
Everyone on board was taken to docks in Sea Isle City by Good Samaritans, the Coast Guard said.
"It's amazing nobody got hurt," fellow boater Bud Finocchiaro, who witnessed the boating tilting to one side, said.
A local tow boat company told NBC10 that tow boats were called to the scene around 6:30 p.m. near the Yacht Club of Sea Isle City.
Photos from the Coast Guard showed the boat tipping to one side. As SkyForce10 hovered over the scene, water could be seen being pumped off the boat.
Starfish Boats said the boat was damaged and left inoperable. They did, however write, "we will be back."
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