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NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan vessel rescued a stranded 52-year-old jet skier Saturday evening on Lake Salvador, Louisiana.

A Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-Small boatcrew were flagged down around 8 p.m. by boaters requesting assistance for an overdue jet skier who had not been seen for a couple hours.

Sector New Orleans watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew to assist. 

The helicopter crew arrived on scene, located the missing jet skier whose jet ski had become disabled, and vectored in a good Samaritan to take the jet ski in tow. The Station New Orleans boatcrew then escorted the good Samaritan and jet skier to a safe haven.

The rescued jet skier did not require any medical assistance.

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