Video Release: Five people, dog rescued from grounded vessel at Siletz Bay, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore. - A Coast Guard HH-65 helicopter crew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., rescues people from a grounded 18-foot pontoon boat at Siletz Bay, Ore., July 5, 2010. The vessel's passengers became stuck in shallow water the previous night, prompting the Siletz Fire Department and the Coast Guard to rescue them. Coast Guard video by Air Facility Newport.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard assisted North Lincoln, Ore., Fire/Rescue with the rescue of five people and one dog from an 18-foot pontoon boat grounded at Siletz Bay, Ore., Monday.

The people aboard the boat contacted the North Lincoln Fire/Rescue Sunday after their vessel ran aground in a shallow area, but opted to stay overnight hoping the eventual high tide would free them. When the tide failed to free the vessel, the fire/rescue team and a 25-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay, Ore., attempted to retrieve the boaters by transporting them via jet ski to the waiting Coast Guard response boat. When this attempt failed, a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Facility Newport, Ore., was dispatched to hoist the passengers from the pontoon boat.

There were no injuries reported.

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