The rescuers transferred the passengers to the lifeboat and the disabled boat was put in tow.
The captain of the 28-foot boat made a distress call around 3:30 p.m. Friday, according to officials. A Coast Guard helicopter and lifeboat launched five minutes later to rescue the boat.
The MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and the 47-foot motor lifeboat crew arrived and began stabilizing the disabled boat around 4:05 p.m., the Coast Guard said. The rescuers transferred the passengers to the lifeboat and the disabled boat was put in tow to a tow boat around 5 p.m. The boat crew escorted the tow boat to Horseshoe Bay and safely transferred all seven passengers ashore with no reported injuries, according to the Coast Guard.Copyright BAYCN - Bay City News
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