Kiteboarder monitored on Sullivan's Island beach, Charleston SC
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Emergency responders monitored a kiteboarder reported to be in waist-deep water on a sandbar near Sullivan's Island beach. The person was seen walking and was not confirmed to be in distress.
Audio|Heard on: Charleston County Police, Fire, EMS/Rescue, Marine SAR
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Transcript:
00:00
Dispatches, this is Coast Guard.
00:02
Coast Guard guns.
00:04
Person in distress, or what was it the report, a kiteboarder, a thrasher, will we say?
00:10
Yeah, the kiteboarder, the caller said that he was in waist-deep water on a sandbar, and I guess they were just concerned for him.
00:17
Okay, but is he confirmed not in distress yet, or we're still waiting on that? I'm still waiting some...
00:25
And we're coming out on the beach now, I'm all about you know.
00:28
Okay, Roger, thank you.
00:31
Good morning.
00:32
Dispatch, Mary Forty is up.
00:33
We're going to be in-out-to-not-close to the office.
00:36
Dispatch, good morning.
00:38
We're actually told on dispatch.
00:40
We're not seeing.
00:41
I look sort of the guy's just walking.
00:44
We're going to monitor him for a minute.
00:46
Hi, Robbie.
00:48
Dispatch, Mnickson.
00:49
We're going to light for decons.
00:51
Dispatch, happy.
00:54
All the task, command, suspect.
00:56
Dispatch, Medicines, due to the new information, you can
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Location mentioned:
Sullivan's Island Beach, Charleston, SC 29482
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