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Coast guard rescues boat tour
Posted: 07.26.2011 at 3:03 AM
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Two people airlifted to shore

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EMPIRE -- Two people were air-lifted to a local hospital late Monday night after sustaining injuries on a tour boat traveling through rough weather.

According to the Coast Guard, a sightseeing tour boat, Pictured Rocks, was sailing out of Frankfort in Lake Michigan when they were hit by a wave which injured the passengers and caused the boat's electronics to malfunction.

The Coast Guard says rather than return to port, the boat crew decided to land the vessel near a beach in Empire. All other passengers escaped the incident with minor injuries.

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