Good Samaritans Rescue 2 From Capsized Boat Near Cape May, NJ

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater approximately six miles west of Cape May Point Thursday in the Delaware Bay, after a boat capsized with three people aboard.

Missing is Josh Cattlet, 24, and rescued were Chris Serra, 27, and Dave Wood, 25.

The 40-foot fishing boat Linda Claire was dredging for crabs when it sank.

Serra and Wood were rescued by good Samaritans aboard the vessels Captain Brown and Sandra Lee and later transferred to emergency medical services personnel ashore at Coast Guard Station Cape May.

A crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Captain Brown informed Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders via VHF-FM channel 16 at 8:30 a.m.

Sector watchstanders launched boatcrews from Station Cape May, Aids to Naivigation Team Cape May and a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City to search for Cattlet.

The New Jersey State Police are also searching with a boatcrew and a helicopter crew.