News Clip: Coast Guard rescues distressed kayaker from bay

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Coast Guard rescues distressed kayaker from bay
Bay City News Service
Article Launched: 06/25/2008 01:43:25 PM PDT

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a distressed kayaker today in the San Francisco Bay near Hunters Point, an officer said.

Around 10 a.m., someone inside a Coast Guard helicopter spotted a kayaker who had lost his paddles in the water, and sent a boat to save him, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Laura Alcon said.

The Coast Guard then brought him to land, where emergency personnel were waiting, Alcon said.

The man suffered from hypothermia, she said.

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