GALVESTON, Texas — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two boaters in the early morning hours of Sunday after their boat hit a jetty near Galveston.
The Coast Guard said they received a call about the stranded boat, a 27-foot pleasure craft, around 1:31 a.m. The call said the boat had run aground on the North Jetty. Both the men were injured.
A 45-foot response boat was deployed from Galveston, along with a helicopter crew from Houston. One of the men had cuts and a leg injury. He was flown to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. The other boater was brought to shore via the rescue boat and also taken to UTMB in Galveston.
The Coast Guard said both men were stable.