Vessel Taking on Water Near Lighthouse and Morris Island, Folly Beach SC
Other Non-Crime Event (Marine Emergency)A vessel was reported to be taking on water between the lighthouse and the southern tip of Morris Island near 1750 E Ashley Ave. Coast Guard responded and searched the area but did not find a submerged vessel. The vessel remains upright, and monitoring continues.
Audio|Source: Charleston County Police, Fire, EMS/Rescue, Marine SAR
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Transcript:
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This is Coast Guard.
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The GPS position of the vessel taking on water is 3241-.7-2-North,
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379-53-4-6 west.
00:19
It is between the lighthouse and southern tip of Morris Island, not near the vessel that is trying to get views over.
00:27
This is obviously 11.
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One and three, Secretary Carlson.
00:37
Secretary, go ahead.
00:43
Yeah, everyone's not seeing anything standout except for that there, like, to sailboat that's over there on the beach of thing.
00:50
They took pictures once they'll send them to me, but I just search all around, not seeing any vessel that's submerged or anything.
00:56
Roger, that's perfect.
00:57
Thank you.
01:02
Roger Dunphy.
01:03
I'll call the reporting source back because the reporter source did state that he, two individuals who were trying to create content, and then he asked him if he knew about this vessel.
01:13
Of course, they didn't know, but it was going to the part incident, but we've had the UMIB going out with vessels near the area, and if they haven't seen anything, we'll wait for the of the other pictures.
01:26
Okay. We're also messing around with the dinghy.
01:29
So it could possibly be related, but it's not thinking.
01:32
There is a bunch of it gets out there.
01:34
Yeah, good cops.
01:36
We're monitoring the lower extreme, so we know it's not, their vessel is still completely upright.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Ashley Ave, Folly Beach, SC 29439
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