Reality-show boat makes rescue in sea off NJ

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. — A fishing vessel capsized ten miles off New Jersey, killing a single man or woman and leaving another to be rescued by a passing vessel known for its crew’s purpose on the fact tv present &quotSwords.&quot

The Mandy Ness, a 44-foot industrial fishing boat based mostly in Barnegat Light, capsized off Prolonged Seaside Island around eleven:fifteen p.m. Tuesday, Coastline Guard Petty Officer Crystalynn Kneen stated.

The Coastline Guard released a lookup right after obtaining an unexpected emergency transmission from a beacon that activates when it gets moist. The agency dispatched a helicopter from Atlantic Town and a 47-foot rescue boat from Barnegat Light.

It also broadcast an urgent request for aid to mariners. The crew of the Frances Anne observed the broadcast, went to the aid of the capsized vessel and took a single person aboard.

Shortly after the survivor was taken aboard the Frances Anne, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer went underneath the capsized hull and introduced out a single victim, who was unresponsive. The target was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The survivor was treated on the shore and was in great problem, the Coastline Guard mentioned.

The boat involved in the rescue is a 72-foot vessel identified for its function in the Discovery Channel present &quotSwords,&quot which follows the crews of four boats as they catch swordfish in the Atlantic.

Someone who answered the cellphone Wednesday at Francis Ann Inc. in Barnegat Light verified the boat involved in the rescue was the very same a single from the present but would not give other particulars.

The incident is becoming investigated. Winds had been about 17 mph and seas had been 3 feet, not particularly rough for this time of calendar year.