Two aboard sinking craft rescued southwest of San Diego

Two U.S. citizens aboard a personal watercraft in danger of sinking near the Coronado Islands were rescued Tuesday morning by good Samaritans and the U.S. Coast Guard.

The two were aboard  the craft about 13 miles southwest of San Diego. The Coast Guard, after receiving a distress call, dispatched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and the cutter Petrel from San Diego.

Boaters from Mexico took the two aboard their 30-foot boat. When the Petrel arrived, the two were transferred to the cutter, which towed their craft to Shelter Island in San Diego.

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Photo: Coast Guard cutter Petrel. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard