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ILWACO — A U.S. Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment boatcrew rescued a man Sunday, Nov. 17, after his cataraft — a small, two-hulled personal watercraft — began to drift out to sea in the Columbia River, in between the South and North jetties.

Someone on shore noticed the man fall off his raft and called 911, the Coast Guard said on social media. Astoria 911 Dispatch then notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, who dispatched the crew aboard an Ilwaco-based 47-foot Motor Lifeboat.

After recovering the man and raft, the crew proceeded back to the station, where the man was transferred to EMS due to potential hypothermia.