Coast Guard salvages Mexican shrimper grounded by Dolly

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Corpus Christi)
The Mexican shrimper Jackie C. aground on South Padre Island Thursday, Sept. 4. As 67 fishing vessels sought safe refuge in the Port of Brownsville to escape heavy seas from Tropical Storm Dolly, three of the vessels ran aground.

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ
Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS
editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com

Authorities with the U.S. Coast Guard continue to investigate what caused the grounding of a Mexican shrimper on South Padre Island last week.

According to the Coast Guard, the vessel was attempting to seek refuge from Tropical Storm Dolly, which made landfall in Mexican south of Brownsville on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 2. It was at approximately 9 p.m. that evening, the Coast Guard confirmed, when the shrimper ran aground.

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