West Haven Water Rescue April St. boat ramp

09/18/12 West Haven, CT - Shortly before noon, members of West Haven's Center District and West Shore FD's were sent to the April St. boat ramp for a report of people stranded on a sand bar. The four victims, who were attempting to fish in the harbor area had to beach their inflatable raft on the sandbar after the water in the harbor became to rough. A representative of the Sound School Regional Vocational Aquaculture Center saw the four people in the water and called 911. The four men were stranded on a rapidly disappearing sandbar in waist deep water. Members from each department placed their respective boats in service to effect the removal.
There were no injuries.