The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a family of six from a beached boat near Ketchikan last week.
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The Coast Guard received reports around 5 p.m. June 4 of a vessel that ran aground and was taking on water on the southeastern shore of the Kasaan Peninsula, roughly a dozen nautical miles northwest of Ketchikan.
Two adults were on board the 46-foot Chris-Craft vessel with their four children, said Petty Officer Ashly Murphy, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard. The youngest of the children was a two-month-old, followed by a three-year-old, an eight-year-old and a 10-year-old.
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All six were safely rescued with no reported injuries.
Murphy said a 45-foot Coast Guard response boat crew launched from the Ketchikan base, and a helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka set out at around 6 p.m. The response boat crew found the family on the shoreline 30 minutes later and took them to the nearby village of Kasaan around 8 p.m.
The vessel is still partially submerged while the Coast Guard and its owner work on a salvage plan.
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