Hairy Rescue on the Columbia River.

[PimTac]

This occurred on Friday. The rescue swimmer was able to get to the lone occupant after the breaker came through and both were hoisted to the helo. That breaker looked to be around twenty feet.

 

[RhondaHonda]

Looked like 2 people on the boat before the wave hit. I’ve never seen waves like that in real life, scary stuff.

 

[RhondaHonda]

Upon further review I guess it was just the clear curtain flapping that I thought was the second person. RhondaHonda will be charged with a timeout.

 

[tyman]

Holy cow

 

[joekingcorvette]

Good to hear nobody perished. I have been scared more than once in fishing boats and high waves and it's not fun.

 

[PimTac]

Looked like 2 people on the boat before the wave hit. I’ve never seen waves like that in real life, scary stuff.

I had to view it a couple of times also. As the boat is rolling over in the surf you can see one person pop out. I don’t know who that was.

What is interesting is that after all that it was discovered that the occupant of that boat was wanted and they later found out he had stolen that boat. A bit of karma but the owner of the boat has obviously sustained a big loss.

 

[Finklejag]

 

[Owen Lucas]

That rescue swimmer is something else!

 

[PimTac]

That rescue swimmer is something else!

That was his first call too. What a way to start.

 

[Pablo]

"Hairy Rescue on the Columbia River."

That's the Pacific ocean.

 

[tyman]

"Hairy Rescue on the Columbia River."

That's the Pacific ocean.

Says near the mouth of the Columbia river on the description.

 

[Pablo]

Says near the mouth of the Columbia river on the description.

Yes the mouth is the Pacific Ocean not the river

 

[JimPghPA]

Someone once told me that the Coast Guard has a saying" they have to go out but they don't have to come back".

 

[Pablo]

My son in law is a Coast Guard Academy graduate now working on his master’s degree

I have fished multiple times the mouth of the Columbia river

 

[Finklejag]

The Columbia river bar where it meets the Pacific ocean is some of the most Treacherous water in the world. The Coast Guard base at Cape disappointment WA is stocked with people with steel balls.

 

[Pablo]

The Columbia river bar where it meets the Pacific ocean is some of the most Treacherous water in the world. The Coast Guard base at Cape disappointment WA is stocked with people with steel balls.

Son in law was stationed for 2 years at Astoria.

 

[tyman]

Yes the mouth is the Pacific Ocean not the river

Ay dawg, I'm just saying what it says in the description, whether right or wrong.

 

[alarmguy]

Maybe tomorrow I will post in the photo thread im taking pictures of the balloon and jet fighters circling it right now from North Carolina balloon thread shut down, coastal airports closed down

 

[PimTac]

Son in law was stationed for 2 years at Astoria.

Airedale?

 

[PimTac]

The Columbia river bar where it meets the Pacific ocean is some of the most Treacherous water in the world. The Coast Guard base at Cape disappointment WA is stocked with people with steel balls.

I spent 2 ½ years at Newport Oregon. Every River bar on the coast is dangerous. The Columbia more so because it’s huge and a lot of danger spots.

Here is the Coast Guard standing by in the Yaquina River bar as a fishing vessel crosses in. In the background you will catch the old 52 foot MLB as a breaker knocks it sideways. My first call was on that same boat. They just retired it recently after 65 years of service.