Coast Guard called in to rescue the stranded

Coast Guard rescuers pulled 11 people from rooftops Sunday after they were stranded by rising water from Hurricane Matthew.
Posted 10/9/2016, 11:00:00 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:31 PM

>>> WITH FLOODING CONTINUING TO

BE A MAJOR PROBLEM THE COAST

GUARD IS POISED TO HELP WITH

RESCUES.

THEY ARE BRINGING IN RESOURCES

TO HELP.

WE'RE LIVE FROM THE

HEADQUARTERS IN

WILMINGTON.>>REPORTER: THE VICE

ADMIRAL OF THE COAST GUARD WAS

HERE TODAY.

HE VISITED WILMINGTON TO TELL

EVERYONE THEY UNDERSTAND THIS

IS NOT OVER YET.

WITH THE FLOODING WE ARE HAVING

NOW IN THE FLOODING WE WILL

HAVE LATER THEY SAY THEY WILL

STAY HERE READY TO HELP.

THE COAST GUARD DID ASSIST IN

RESCUING PEOPLE TODAY AS WELL

AS STRANDED BOATERS OVERNIGHT.

THEY SAY THEY HAVE CALLED IN

EXTRA RESOURCES AND ARE POISED

TO STAY HERE AS LONG AS THEY

ARE NEEDED TO ASSIST IN THE

WAKE OF THE STORM.

>> WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED

THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON ROOFTOP

RESCUES THROUGHOUT THE HUMAN

COMMUNITIES.

THROUGH OUR HELICOPTERS.

>>REPORTER: THEY HAVE TO WORK

WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN OUR

ALSO HELPING OTHER STATES.

BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE FLOODING.

THEY HAVE TURNED THEIR

ATTENTION AND THEY HAVE

ADDRESSED THAT DOG ISSUED

TODAY.

THEY SAY THEIR RESCUE SWIMMER

TRIED TO GET TO THE DOG SEVERAL

TIMES, BUT THE DOG WAS ABLE TO

CLIMB ON A BRANCH AND GET TO

SAFETY.

SO ALL IS WELL THAT IN SWELL.>>

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