Catamaran cruise rescues two boaters thrown from vessel on the intracoastal

Two boaters were rescued by a catamaran sunset cruise after being thrown from their vessel on the intracoastal Saturday near downtown West Palm Beach.

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TWO BOATERS THROWN FROMTHEIR VESSEL WHEN THEIRSTEERING LOCKED.

WPTVNEWSCHANNEL 5'S DEREK LOWESPOKE TO THE CREW WHO JUSTHAPPENED TO BE IN THE AREA -AND WAS ABLE TO SAVE THEPASSENGERS.<< THE HAKUNA MATATA CATAMARANCREW WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TOSEE THE PASSENGERS FLOATING INTHE WATER AFTER THEY WERETHROWN OFF THEIR BOAT AND WASABLE TO SAFELY BRING THEM ONBOARD.

KRISTEN MAROZZI, CREWMEMBER, VISIT PALM BEACH 9:58WE WERE GOING NORTH, DOING OURNORMAL SUNSET CRUISE THAT WEDO ALL THE TIME.

BUT THENKRISTEN MAROZZI NOTICEDSOMETHING ODD IN THEINTRACOASTAL... A BOAT, WITHNO ONE ON BOARD.

"THEN AS WEWERE GETTING CLOSER WE NOTICEDTHE BOAT WAS SPINNING INCIRCLES.

WE WERE TRYING TO SEEWHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEN WESAW HEADS IN THE WATER.

THE 2BOATERS BROUGHT TO SAFETY.10:48 KRISTEN MAROZZI, CREWMEMBER, VISIT PALM BEACH THEYSAID THAT THEY WERE HAVINGISSUES WITH THE STEERING ANDTHE STEERING MAY HAVE LOCKEDUP AND THEN TOSSED THEM INTOTHE WATER.

BOB MEEHAN WASFISHING FROM AFAR ON FLAGLERDRIVE AND WITNESSED THERESCUE.

HE SAYS THE RESPONSEFROM THE COAST GUARD WAS LIKEHE'S NEVER SEEN.

BOB MEEHAN,WITNESS 22:27 IT'S THE MOSTIVE SEEN IN YEARS AND I FISHHERE ALL THE TIME.

BUTTED22:54 THEY'VE GOT TO SAY THEIRPRAYERS TONIGHT I GUESS.KRISTEN SAID AFTER BRINGINGTHE BOATERS ABOARD THEY WEREABLE TO SAFELY GET THEM ON TOA COAST GUARD BOAT.

KRISTENMAROZZI, CREW MEMBER, VISITPALM BEACH 11:56 WHEN THEY GOTON BOARD, WE GAVE THEM SOMEWATER, HAD THEM SIT DOWN ANDTAKE A BREATH AND MAKE SUREEVERYBODY WAS OKAY.

AND THATTHEY WERE HAPPY TO HELP.KRISTEN MAROZZI, CREW MEMBER,VISIT PALM BEACH 11:26 NO THISIS NOT SOMETHING WE NORMALLYSEE ON OUR SUNSET CRUISES.MAYBE SOME DOLPHINS ORMANATEES BUT THIS ISNTSOMETHING WE NORMALLY SEE.

THECREW SAYS THE BOATERS THROWNFROM THE WATER WERE NOTINJURED AND THEYRE GLAD THEYWERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THERIGHT TIME.

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