North Carolina Man Rescued After Drifting at Sea for Four Hours Without a Lifevest Wrightsville Beach, N.C., – A North Carolina man was rescued this afternoon four hours after a good Samaritan reported seeing his 33-foot Contender boat at sea with no one aboard. William Bright, a 55-year-old Wilmington, N.C., resident, was rescued by a good samaritan assisting a Coast Guard 47-foot search and rescue boat from Station Wrightsville Beach and a HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City in the search. The Coast Guard strongly recommends boaters wear lifevests and file a float plan with their family and local marina before heading out on the water. Bright is being taken to Station Wrightsville Beach. Media is welcome to witness the arrivel. North Carolina Man Rescued After Drifting at Sea for Four Hours Without a Lifevest Wrightsville Beach, N.C., – A North Carolina man was rescued this afternoon four hours after a good Samaritan reported seeing his 33-foot Contender boat at sea with no one aboard. William Bright, a 55-year-old Wilmington, N.C., resident, was rescued by a good samaritan assisting a Coast Guard 47-foot search and rescue boat from Station Wrightsville Beach and a HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City in the search. The Coast Guard strongly recommends boaters wear lifevests and file a float plan with their family and local marina before heading out on the water. Bright is being taken to Station Wrightsville Beach. Media is welcome to witness the arrivel.
