Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents rescued four stranded boaters in Plaquemines Parish on July 16.
Agents received information around 2 a.m. on July 16 about four stranded boaters on an island in Bastian Bay. Agents responded to the scene and were able to locate the four boaters on the island around 4:30 a.m.
According the boaters, they beached their vessel to fish on the island and their boat drifted off into the darkness. The boaters notified authorities when they noticed their vessel was no longer beached on the island.
After rescuing the boaters, the agents were also able to locate the vessel and returned it to the boaters.
Agents involved in this successful search and rescue are Sgt. Villere Reggio and Agent Brett Smith.
Agents rescue Lake Borgne boater during severe thunderstorms
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents successfully rescued a stranded boater in St. Bernard Parish on July 18.
Agents received a call around noon on July 18 about a stranded boater in Lake Borgne. Agents responded to the scene and located the boater around 2 p.m.
According to the stranded boater, he could not get his boat motor to start and he started drifting even with an anchor because of the wind and waves from the ongoing thunderstorms in the area. Agents found the boater about 19 miles from where he first started drifting.
Agents were able to safely get the boater and his boat across 12 miles of rough open water and back to the Rigolets Marina.
Agents participating in the rescue were Agent Jimmie Daniel and Agent Austin Wiles.
