Coast Guard saves 2 from disabled skiff in Alaska

[June 22, 2009]  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska's remote western Aleutian Islands.

Coast Guard Chief Steve Harrison in Juneau says the men were hoisted by basket into the helicopter Sunday night and taken to a clinic in Adak for evaluation.

Harrison says the men are in good condition, but possibly dehydrated.

The men were heading to Amatignak Island on Saturday to pick up surveyors after leaving the 50-foot fishing vessel Larisa M.

The surveyors on shore saw the boat adrift in rough seas and called the Coast Guard.

[Associated Press]

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