In an incredible rescue, caught on camera, three fishermen were saved from their capsized boat on the southern Oregon coast Tuesday night.
The crew was trapped in the engine room for about an hour with water up to their chins at times. That is, until a team of firefighters got them out.
It was just before 7 p.m. Tuesday when a Coast Guard aircrew out training happened to spot a capsized fishing boat near Coos Bay.
They called in Hauser and North Bay firefighters, all four of them volunteers, to check things out from the ground.
Hauser Fire Capt. Lawrence Van Hoof said things were looking grim, especially when they saw an empty survival suit on shore and no footprints.