possible drowning call on stalled boat near 61st street, Galveston TX
Medical EmergencyA possible drowning call was received for a person near 61st Street in Galveston. The caller was on a sailboat and could not swim. Responders located the person and found that the boat was stalled; no drowning occurred.
Audio|Source: Galveston and La Marque Public Safety
03:53
Transcript:
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Item 5, Edict 3 engines 5, near 61st Street, near 61st Street, possible drowning, respond on Firecom 3.
00:12
Addict 7, that's our turn, we'll take it.
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Chair.
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20, 34.
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Near 61st Street, near 61st Street.
00:30
It's coming from a rapid SOS location.
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We're having difficulty getting whether or not she's on a boat.
00:36
She said she possibly is and says that she can't swim.
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And she needs help.
00:42
We have an open line trying to get further.
00:45
That we can't harvest.
00:50
The only 20 is clear.
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20, 34.
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Okay.
01:01
Go ahead, sir.
01:04
Is I wrote through my office by you?
01:10
It shows close to Outcast Charters from Jamal Park.
01:16
Be advised out there in office behind Alka's Charters,
01:21
the transient sailboat is anchored out.
01:37
If you have any more information on that? Call.
01:45
248, I'm mouth.
01:46
You tell the caller on the line.
01:49
Clear. We do.
01:50
I'm asking if she can see you all.
01:53
And so I got my red and blue is flashing.
01:56
Tenple.
01:58
She's going to let me know if you can hear it.
02:05
Clear.
02:10
She said she can hear y'all.
02:15
Or can she see us or can only hear it?
02:22
We had dropped it.
02:28
Clear hundred block of Maine.
02:34
Ask her if she's on the sailboat, we're flashing our lights at her now.
02:39
Clear standby.
02:45
Do you have a second?
02:50
Clear, you next to a second? Do you have any other information on where you're at right now? Patient or are they in the water?
03:07
Negative. We believe it's one of these boats over here on this side.
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Lights,
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whenever y'all are flashing it, it's to the right, and then I just told her to turn on her flashlight for her cell phone.
03:33
1055. That's clear.
03:34
We found her.
03:35
She's going to be behind Aunt Margie's or on a sailboat.
03:40
Clear.
03:41
Fire's about to put their boat in the water.
03:44
Definitely.
03:48
That's clear.
03:49
I don't think anyone's drowning.
03:51
It looks like their boat stalled.
03:52
They're paddling to shore.
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Near 61st St, Galveston, TX 77551
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