{"id":36047,"date":"2016-03-05T12:24:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T12:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=36047"},"modified":"2016-03-05T12:59:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T12:59:17","slug":"coast-guard-boat-crew-rescues-belgian-boater-just-off-buck-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=36047","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard Boat Crew Rescues Belgian Boater Just Off Buck Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; A Coast Guard boat crew rescued a Belgian boater Friday morning from a grounded sailing vessel east of Buck Island, according to a press release Coast Guard issued on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a call at 6:05 a.m. Friday from a bystander who reported a flare sighting and what appeared to be sailing vessel aground\u00a0in the Buck Island Reef National Monument area, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>A Coast Guard boat crew from Boat Forces St. Croix, aboard a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement vessel, and a Coast Guard rescue helicopter were launched to investigate the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard boat crew arrived on-scene with the grounded sailing vessel and confirmed that there was one man onboard.\u00a0 The operator of the sailing vessel claimed that he was transiting from Antigua to Cuba and that he had shot the flares after the vessel had run aground.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard boat crew embarked the boater and transported him to land, where he was transferred to Customs and Border Protection officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case highlights the importance of having and using flares to signal a distress situation as well as the selflessness of the people who reported the flare sighting to the Coast Guard,&#8221; said Lt. 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