UPDATE: Water rescue response off West Seattle shores; no one to rescue

9:26 PM: First there was a small response looking for something or someone off Beach Drive – now, Seattle Fire is sending a full water-rescue response to the Seacrest vicinity. A fireboat is headed south off Alki Point, according to MarineTraffic.com. We’re headed over to find out more.

9:40 PM: We caught up with SFD just as they were leaving a spot across from Me-Kwa-Mooks, with a fireboat still offshore.

The item they were looking for turned out to be an inflatable that apparently fell off someone’s boat. No one in distress, no one to rescue, everything’s winding down.

10:06 PM: Photos added now that we’re back at HQ.

2 Replies to "UPDATE: Water rescue response off West Seattle shores; no one to rescue"

  • Salal June 9, 2017 (10:33 pm)

     Not a great spot to be in trouble with a 17 knot s wind at dusk. Guess you’d just get pushed onshore. Seems the public suddenly becomes aware of the sound in summer. Thanks to the response crews  

  • wb June 10, 2017 (5:05 pm)

    Sometimes inflatables need rescuing too.

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