By Bill Swindell
The Press Democrat
BODEGA BAY, Calif. — The Coast Guard and Bodega Bay Fire Department rescued two people Sunday afternoon whose kayaks overturned in Bodega Bay.
The Coast Guard received a cellphone call from a man at 4:32 p.m. who was clinging to the side of his kayak off Doran Beach and asking for help, according the agency.
“It was challenging to communicate with him because he was distressed and had difficulty responding to basic questions we asked,” Lt. Jason Berger, a command duty officer at Sector San Francisco, said in a statement. “We were able to piece enough information together to determine that there were two people in distress and both were holding onto their capsized kayaks.”
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The Coast Guard station in Bodega Bay and Bodega Bay Fire Department launched their rescue boats to search for the two men. A third kayaker was able to make to land.
The Coast Guard located one person in the water and brought him to shore. Bodega Bay Fire found the other man in the water and transported him to a local hospital.
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