Sightseers Rescued From Anacapa Island
A dozen people, including two infants, were briefly stranded on Anacapa Island on Sunday evening after the boat they were aboard ran aground in choppy waters off Cathedral Cove.
The U.S. Coast Guard had rescued eight of the passengers on the beach beneath the cove’s sheer cliffs as of late Sunday, officials said.
A Coast Guard helicopter hoisted the four remaining people, including the two infants, from the beach to the top of the cliff. They were waiting for an escort to take them to one of the Coast Guard vessels sent on the rescue mission.
The sightseeing group had apparently dropped anchor off the island when strong waves pushed their boat into the rocks offshore, officials said.
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