Man Rescued
The Coast Guard rescued a man at approximately 5:12 p.m. after he fell off his boat one mile off Muskegon today.
A Coast Guard Muskegon Air Facility HH65 rescue helicopter spotted the boat and vectored in a Coast Station Muskegon 30-foot rescue boat to its position. Once there, Station Muskegon used the boats Global Positioning System to track back to the position where he fell in the lake.
The Station Muskegon rescue boat then picked him up and transported him to shore where local Emergency Medical Services were waiting.
After being in the 68 degree water for nearly two hours the man became hypothermic but was conscious when the rescue boat picked him up.
He was wearing a life jacket when he fell in and it may have assisted in saving his life.
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