HSC-28.On 6 April, an HSC-28 MH-60S helicopter rescued a man near the mouth of Virginia's York River York River An estuary, about 64 km (40 mi) long, of eastern Virginia flowing southeast into Chesapeake Bay. as his boat was rapidly taking on water. The Coast Guard Group Hampton Roads Hampton Roads, roadstead, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and 40 ft (12.2 m) deep, SE Va., through which the waters of the James, Nansemond, and Elizabeth rivers pass into Chesapeake Bay. forwarded the boater's distress call to all available assets in the area and HSC-28 diverted a helicopter to support the rescue. One of the squadron's rescue swimmers was deployed into the water to hook up a hoist hoist: see winch. . The boater was lifted to safety and delivered to Chambers Field at NS Norfolk. |
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