The sport fishing boat sank in five minutes, but remained only partially submerged. (Norwalk police photo.)[/caption]
Darien Police Marine Unit 1 rescued people, none reported hurt, from a boat that hit rocks off of Greens Ledge and Sheffield Island at about 4:15 p.m. Saturday.
CBS Connecticut reported late Saturday that two males were rescued from the boat, neither of them hurt.
The boat sank within five minutes, but remained only partially submerged and a salvage operation was conducted by Tow Boat US.
Darien Police Marine Unit 1 was the first unit on the scene; police marine units from Norwalk, Westport and Stamford all responded to the call for help. Norwalk Fire Department also had a boat on the scene, according to Norwalk police.
Last Sunday, July 5, the Darien Police Marine Unit aided a boat that sank in the harbor of Five Mile River, according to a letter from one of the boat’s occupants recently published in the Darien Times.
Here’s the full statement Norwalk Police Department released on its Facebook page:
The Norwalk Department of Police Service Marine Unit responded to a Sport Fishing boat that hit the rocks off of Green’s Ledge/Sheffield Island today around 4:15 pm. Two men from Long Island were rescued unharmed by the Darien Police Marine Unit, which was the first boat on scene. Westport and Stamford Police as well as Norwalk Fire responded. The boat sank in five minutes but remained partially submerged. Tow Boat US conducted a salvage operation.