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Eventdex · Coastal

GUAM

5259794

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event_typeRip Current
ncei_event_id5,259,794
episode_id1,120,047
begin_utc2001-07-07T03:10:00+00:00
end_utc2001-07-07T05:00:00+00:00
stateGUAM
cz_typeC
cz_nameGUAM
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct1
injuries_indirect0
wfo_sourceNEWSPAPER
episode_narrativeRescue workers were able to save a male surfer who went over the reef near Ritidian Point. James Glynn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services acting manager, said he called the U.S. Coast Guard at 1615 when he received word that two males were boggie boarding,and one had made it back to shore. A helicopter from the Navy's HC-5 squadron hoisted the individual, whose name and age were notavailable, out of the water and took him to Naval Hospital. Immediately after the individual arrived he was transferred by ambulance toGuam Memorial Hospital. The young man was reported in stable Condition. Rescue units from the Guam Fire Department and Andersen Air Force Base Fire Department participated in the rescue. The swells that generated the Hazardous Surf conditions was generated byTropical Storm Utor, which passed west of the Mariana Islands.
year2,001

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