The rescue took several days to complete as a hurricane approached the area.
A 47-year-old woman, her daughter and their pets were rescued from a sailboat after a man died on the craft and distress flares were launched, officials said. Authorities were first notified of the situation when a distress alert was received by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu at 12:33 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, as Hurricane Gilma approached the region. The vessel's position was about 925 miles east of Honolulu, Hawaii , according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Seri Emperor, a gas tanker, arrived at the sailboat around 5:20 p.m. Sunday but was 'unable to remove the woman and child ... due to deteriorating weather conditions' as Hurricane Gilma approached. The tanker crew remained on the scene until the USS William P. Lawrence arrived Monday morning.With swells of more than 25 feet forecast for the area, the USS William P. Lawrence, a guided missile destroyer, had just a six-hour window to help the woman and child.
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