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Coast Guard rescues overturned kayaker in Bellingham Bay

60-year-old man in stable condition

A U.S. Coast Guard crew member tends to a kayaker wrapped in cloth.
A U.S. Coast Guard crew member tends to a kayaker who was saved after being overturned in Bellingham Bay on Dec. 10. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)
A 60-year-old man was saved by the U.S. Coast Guard after his kayak overturned in Bellingham Bay on Saturday afternoon, according to USCG. The survivor was paddling with two others near Fairhaven when weather forced the group to head to shore. Once ashore, the other two noticed a kayaker was missing and tried calling him using a radio, along with calling 911. USCG Bellingham Station crew and the Air Station Port Angeles helicopter crew responded. USCG also received distress transmission

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