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Coast Guard Plucks Man From Water After Boat Capsizes Off Rodeo

RODEO (CBS SF) -- A man was rescued from the water off the Phillips 66 refinery in the unincorporated community of Rodeo after his boat capsized Wednesday evening the Rodeo-Hercules Fire District said.

The capsized boat was spotted by a worker at the refinery, who threw the man a life ring.

A U.S. Coast Guard craft was in the area and pulled the man out of the water.

Early this evening both of our companies were dispatched to a report of a capsized boat with one victim in the water. A...

Posted by Rodeo-Hercules Firefighters on Wednesday, September 23, 2020

"The real hero of this story is the victim's life vest which truly saved a life tonight in the rough bay waters," Rodeo-Hercules Firefighters
posted on Facebook. "Please, always remember to wear a life vest, your life may depend on it."

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