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We can be friends: Joint U.S.-Canadian effort rescues 12 kayakers from San Juan Islands
https://mynorthwest.com/local/joint-u-s-canadian-effort-rescues-12-kayakers-from-san-juan-islands/4121397Joint U.S.-Canadian effort rescues 12 kayakers from San Juan Islands
Aug 16, 2025, 3:34 PM | Updated: 3:40 pm
BY TOM BROCK
KIRO Newsradio
A big rescue operation assisted 12 kayakers, including six children, who ran into trouble in the San Juan Islands Thursday.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a radio call came in on VHF radio, just before 2:00 p.m., from a group of kayakers in distress between Patos and Sucia Islands, just north of Orcas Island.
A 29-foot Coast Guard rescue boat out of Bellingham immediately launched.
That crew was joined by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Federal Policing – Pacific Shiprider Rescue marine boat crew.
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