Coast Guard Rescues Two Teenage Boys Off Rhode Island Coast

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POINT JUDITH, RI (CBS) -- Two 15-year-0ld boys were rescued by Coast Guard Saturday after their boat lost power and got stuck on a harbor breakwater.

The boys got out of their boat and onto the breakwater at Point Judith, Rhode Island. The pair was spotted by a towing company who called the Coast Guard.

Two 15-year-olds stranded on the breakwater at Point Judith, Rhode Island. (Photo credit: US Coast Guard)

The Coast Guard boat couldn't get close enough to the breakwater, so a rescue swimmer swam over the boys and brought both of them to safety.

Coast Guard rescue swimmer and the line at Point Judith, Rhode Island)

The teenagers were wearing their life jackets and no one was hurt.

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