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Coast Guard rescues woman, child, and pets from sailboat off course near Honolulu

By Chris Williams
Updated  September 1, 2024 6:01pm EDT
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Woman, daughter, and pets rescued nearly 1,000 miles Off Honolulu

A 47-year-old woman, her 7-year-old daughter, a pet cat, and a tortoise were rescued from a sailboat beset by weather off the shore of Honolulu on Monday. (Credit: USCG Hawaii Pacific via Storyful)

The Brief 

    • The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a woman, her daughter, a cat, and a tortoise from a sailboat stranded due to weather near Honolulu.
    • A deceased male was found on the vessel but could not be recovered due to bad weather conditions.
    • The sailboat, Albroch, remains adrift approximately 1,000 miles east of Honolulu.

The U.S. Coast Guard said a 47-year-old woman, her 7-year-old daughter, a pet cat, and a tortoise had to be rescued from a sailboat that went off course due to weather near the shore of Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 26.

Officials said they received a distress alert from the French-flagged vessel Albroch on Saturday, while it was positioned 925 miles east of Honolulu.

They then dispatched a HC-130 Hercules airplane and its crew to the location. They found the woman and her young daughter onboard the vessel. 

A deceased male was also on the ship. 

Also dispatched to the location was the USS William P. Lawrence and a nearby liquid petroleum gas tanker, and the Seri Emperor.

The Seri Emperor reached the location first but wasn't able to rescue the two sailors because of bad weather, the Coast Guard said. 

The USS William P. Lawrence then on Monday morning and managed to rescue the woman, her daughter, a cat, and a tortoise.

The deceased male was not recovered due to bad weather. 

The sailboat remains adrift approximately 1,000 miles east of Honolulu, the USCG said.

The Source

  • The details from this story came from Storyful after obtaining information from the U.S. Coast Guard. This story was reported from Los Angeles.