61-Foot Fishing Vessel Sinks off Catalina, Leaves 6 Mariners Treading the Pacific
U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call around 9:45 on Tuesday night from the Midnight Star, a 61-foot fishing vessel. The boat sank in 90 feet of water and left six people in the chilly Pacific.
"There were six mariners on board when the ship sank and all of the people ended up in the water," said U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Trent Kelly, according to Daily Breeze. "But a nearby ship picked them up and no one was injured."
A Coast Guard helicopter was slated to head to Catalina Wednesday morning.
"They will search for debris from the ship and respond to any environmental threat the ship may present," Kelly said.
The cause of incident has not yet been determined.
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