June 3, 2022 — Menhaden fishermen working in the Gulf of Mexico rescued six boaters, including two children, after their small craft capsized in the Mississippi Sound May 31.
Purse seine crews from the F/V Mississippi Sound and the F/V Frosty Morn, recovered two people from the water and four atop the overturned boat around 2 p.m.
Mississippi Sound captain Joel Deihl said the vessels responded to a Coast Guard broadcast about the boaters in distress and located them. After picking up the boaters the purse seine crews transferred them to the Coast Guard.