{"id":119750,"date":"2018-12-05T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=119750"},"modified":"2018-12-12T19:13:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T19:13:23","slug":"dallas-man-rescued-by-coast-guard-after-boat-capsizes-near-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/12\/05\/dallas-man-rescued-by-coast-guard-after-boat-capsizes-near-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas man rescued by Coast Guard after boat capsizes near Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Rescue-US-Coast-Guard-e1544027855464.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Rescue-US-Coast-Guard-e1544027855464.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Rescue-US-Coast-Guard-e1544027855464-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: US Cost Guard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A US Coast Guard Air Station Dolphin helicopter crew rescued a boater from Dallas, Texas from a life raft early Sunday morning, 2 December 2018. The rescue happened approximately 30 nautical miles east of Saman\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Coast Guard reported that 46-year old Justin Smith survived the incident because he was in possession of technology that enabled rescuers to easily find him after his boat capsized. He survived in a life raft where he had a VHF radio, strobe lights, flares, a life vest, and an EPIRB, which made him highly visible and easy to locate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Coast Guard received a Mayday radio transmission from Smith at 3am on Sunday. Smith told them he deployed and embarked his life raft after his 26-foot catamaran capsized and sank while traveling from Fajardo, Puerto Rico, to Saman\u00e1, Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a lesson to be learned. &#8220;This case demonstrates how being prepared beforehand can save your life,\u201d Lt. Cmdr. Adam Mullin, MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircraft commander said in a Coast Guard media release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USDHSCG\/bulletins\/21fdb50\">US Coast Guard<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 December 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US Coast Guard Air Station Dolphin helicopter crew rescued a boater from Dallas, Texas from a life raft early Sunday morning, 2 December 2018. The rescue happened approximately 30 nautical miles east of Saman\u00e1. The Coast Guard reported that 46-year old Justin Smith survived the incident because he was in possession of technology that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/12\/05\/dallas-man-rescued-by-coast-guard-after-boat-capsizes-near-dominican-republic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120042,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119750\/revisions\/120042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}