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Published: August 29, 2008 09:24 pm
OLCOTT: Missing boaters ‘alive, well’
Coast Guard, sheriff’s department were involved in successful search
By April Amadon
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Niagara Gazette
An afternoon-long search for two missing boaters off Olcott harbor ended with good news Friday.
A Pennsylvania couple were found “alive and well in Canadian waters,” said Chief Deputy James Voutour of the Sheriff’s Department.
Frank J. Yantos, 61, and Mary-Ellen Fosbrink, 60, both of Del Mont, Penn., were rescued at 4:50 p.m. Friday. The search was launched after they did not return to Olcott harbor at their scheduled time.
The two were found, after clinging to their capsized boat for almost two days, about 8 miles southeast of Toronto in Lake Ontario. They were rescued by the Canadian Coast Guard.
Stumbo said the couple was doing well and did not need hospitalization. The cutter was taking them to Toronto, and they planned to return to Olcott from there, he said.
Yantos and Fosbrink had set out early Wednesday morning from Olcott in Yantos’ homemade, 25-foot aluminum pontoon-type boat. They headed to the Somerset power plant and were returning when the weather worsened, according to the Coast Guard.
The boat capsized Wednesday afternoon amid 6-foot waves when they had slowed down to get out of the way of a freighter, Stumbo said. The waves “came over the boat and rolled it over,” he said.
Stumbo said the Canadian rescuers reported that the boaters were “in pretty good condition.” He said the boat will need a new motor, but otherwise is in pretty good shape.
The boat has a 5-foot by 5-foot cabin and is equipped with radar, multiple antennas, a GPS system, 3 VHS radios, a CB radio, two cell phones and flares, Stumbo said.
He said once the boat capsized, the radios were no good, and Yantos could not get to the flares.
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