Search for person or vessel in distress near Horseneck Beach, Westport MA
Medical EmergencyA caller reported seeing a person or small vessel in distress near Horseneck Beach. They were unsure if it was a kiteboarder or a small sailboat. Rescue teams searched the shoreline and water but found no overturned boat or swimmer. Conditions were rough, and no signs of a launched boat were found at the campgrounds. The search continued on foot along the shore.
Audio|Source: Fall River Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Message 4.
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Party.
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He's not 100% sure what he saw. He's describing what sounds like a small boat with a sail.
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I tried to confirm whether or not it was a kiteboarder that I can see out there now.
00:16
He's unsure.
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I get his name in number.
00:19
He's walking back towards the Horseneck Beach Campground.
00:23
Served conditions are extremely rough.
00:26
If anybody was to fall off a board or if a small boat was to overturn, my assumption is that it would be pushed ashore based on the surf conditions and the wind that I'm seeing.
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I'm going to step out of my vehicle and head to the beach now.
00:38
It's very windy.
00:39
Communications might be hard to read. That's the information that I have right now.
00:44
Town for.
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He also stated he reported this approximately 15 to 30 minutes ago.
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Again, I do have a kiteboarder in sight.
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Message 5.
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Show myself and Officer Chase, transporting one mail 4-1 to the Quiles, zero of the tribute time.
01:15
Receive 1440.
01:25
Station 2. On the scene, Cambril.
01:30
New Team Kassu1, scene.
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On a number one, scene.
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On a number 1 PD.
01:45
He appears that F10 didn't go through on my notes added. Is it possible? I can meet up with dispatch, give them my notes to add to the call.
01:57
Affirmative, when you come in, just come up here. We'll add them for you.
02:02
Receive, thank you very much.
02:13
Receive 4.
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2, spot 2.
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Station 2.
02:25
Squad 2 is off at the state boat ramp with rescue 1.
02:30
2, squad 2, squad 2 1. 2, squad 2 1.
02:44
Hi, sir.
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All right, Arnold, T.
02:50
Message 10.
02:52
Do we have an ECA? That's all.
02:58
I didn't give us one. I'll give him a call.
03:02
Receive, thank you. It's just in a bad spot. It's creating the traffic gym.
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Fort Harbor, Mass, Westport Fire.
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Westport Fire is on.
03:17
Yes, sir, we're approaching from the southwest. You have, um,
03:21
any update?
03:23
Yeah,
03:25
I was just going to call you by phone.
03:26
I'm getting mixed with reports from the calling party.
03:30
Initially described as a surfer that fell off a surfboard, which I believe is going to be that kiteboarder, just to your port side.
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Then he described it as a small boat with a small sail.
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I'll get two different reports of two different types of...
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vessels,
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my opinion based on the wind and the serf conditions,
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that any overturned vessels would have come ashore, he supposedly reported this about 30 minutes ago. That's all the information that I have.
04:08
They also did not see any trailers that fit the description, you know, carrying a small, small field boat at the ramp.
04:18
Obviously nothing here at the campgrounds that would indicate somebody launched a boat from this area.
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And we're going to get out on foot now and start making a way along the shoreline to see if we see anything.
04:31
Alright,
04:33
Roger that. We'll take a spin first, too. We can find out here.
04:39
Roger, I'm going to have my jet ski once they get in the water just staged near the mouth.
04:44
It's extremely rough out here and I'm not going to put them out here unless they need to be.
04:53
Okay, just to clarify, have you recovered the swimmer?
05:01
Negative, we're going to get out of the vehicles now and start walking the shoreline.
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You did pass a kiteboarder that was on your port side.
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He's now south of you.
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I'm sorry, west of you.
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I can see him along the shoreline quite a way back.
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I'm not sure if that's what the calling party saw.
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When I pointed that out to him, he seemed to second guess what he may have saw.
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All right, affirmative,
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we're aware that kite photo passed them on the way over here. Okay,
05:38
Tim, we're seeing by.
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Receive.
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Near John Reed Rd, Westport, MA 02790
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