Five people were rescued from the Ocean City Inlet Tuesday after their pontoon boat capsized.
At approximately 5 p.m., the Ocean City Fire Department was called to the Ocean City Inlet for a capsized pontoon boat with victims in the water.
Upon arrival, the department’s Fireboat 1 found Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) already on the scene, as well as Ocean City Beach Patrol lifeguards, who were assisting the boat’s passengers, according to Ocean City Fire Department Community Engagement Officer Ryan Whittington.
From there, personnel on Fireboat 1, in coordination with NRP, began removing the victims and lifeguards from the water. A rescue swimmer deployed from Fireboat 1 assisted the final victim onto the boat with support from the Ocean City Beach Patrol.
Pontoon boats belong in the bay never the ocean – geeezzz
tourons!