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Coast Guard Rescues Man in Ocean City Inlet

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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man who fell off a personal watercraft in the Ocean City Inlet over the weekend.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the agency was contacted around 5 p.m. on Saturday afternoon about a man who was unable to swim although he was wearing a life jacket.

The Coast Guard said that the man was pulled out of the water around a 100 yards from his craft.

The man said he had been in the water for around 30 minutes.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.