The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an injured man whose sailboat ran aground off the coast of Georgia this week.
On Wednesday afternoon, Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders received a distress call from a sailor who said his sailboat was sinking near Sapelo Sound, Georgia, according to a news release.
The man radioed that his 36-foot vessel, the Quicksilver, had run aground and was taking on water, the Coast Guard said.
"Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast...