The Coast Guard said they received a call about the stranded boat, a 27-foot pleasure craft, around 1:31 a.m.
rescued two boaters in the early morning hours of Sunday after their boat hit a jetty near Galveston.A 45-foot response boat was deployed from Galveston, along with a helicopter crew from Houston. One of the men had cuts and a leg injury.
He was flown to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. The other boater was brought to shore via the rescue boat and also taken to UTMB in Galveston.The Coast Guard medevaced one boater whose vessel hit a jetty near Galveston, Texas, Sunday
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