MYRTLE BEACH.– The US Coast Guard and Navy rescued four divers who were reported missing off the Carolinas on Sunday, authorities said Monday.
The US Coast Guard unit for the Mid-Atlantic announced the rescue in a post it made on social media. He said the divers were rescued about 46 miles (74 kilometers) southeast of North Carolina’s Cape Fear River.
The four men were reported missing Sunday after diving from a recreational boat called Big Bill’s and failing to surface.
The Coast Guard said in a news release Sunday that the vessel was about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Cape Fear, North Carolina, and about 63 miles (101 kilometers) east of Myrtle Beach, Carolina. from the south.
The many shipwrecks off the coast of both states are a popular draw for divers. The area is known for hundreds of shipwrecks and is called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.”
FOUNTAIN: With information from AP
