HOUSTON (KIAH) — Two men and a boy were rescued from a capsized vessel near Sargent on Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center received a report at 11:03 a.m. of a 17-foot pleasure craft that capsized with two adults and one child aboard.

A Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 helicopter air crew, and a Coast Guard Station Freeport 29-foot Response Boat–Small crew were called in for the rescue. • (U.S. Coast Guard) • (U.S. Coast Guard) • (U.S. Coast Guard)

Once on scene, the air and boat crews located the people sitting on the capsized vessel. The air crew lowered their rescue swimmer, who then helped assist the boaters from the capsized vessel onto the Coast Guard small boat.

The three were taken to Bridge Bait Mari

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