and left at least three of 13 crew members hurt. the coast guard has dropped supplies. a cutter has made its way to the yacht and at least two of the injured have been moved to a smaller ship. i want to go now by telephone to coast guard petty officer calleb chrisfield. were you able to get help to those people? yes, we were. the coast guard cutter is on scene action they deployed their small response boat to go to the yacht and we were able to recover two of the injured people. and get them on board the small boat. okay. so they are on-scene right now as you and i are speaking, rescuing these people, correct? yes, sir. okay. the entire crew won t be taken off at first, only the injured. there are three injured, you re getting two off first. are these the two who are more seriously injured? yes, it would be safe to assume that. i m not sure exactly what the plan is but i think they re trying to get the two people off the small boat and they ll be flying back to san
a cutter has made its way to the yacht and at least two of the injured have been moved to a smaller ship. i want to go now by telephone to coast guard petty officer caleb critchfield. sir, thank you very much. were you able to get help out? yes, we were. the coast guard cutter is on scene. they deployed their small response boat to go out to the yacht, and we were able to recover two of the injured people and get them on board the small boat. okay. so they are on scene right now as you and i are speaking rescuing these people, correct? yes. okay. the entire crew won t be taken off at first. you said only the injured. there are three injured. you are getting two off first. are we to assume these are the people more seriously injured? yes. i think it would be safe to assume that. i m not sure what the plan is. i think that they are trying to get the two people off the small boat on to the helo and will be flying back to the san francisco airport where the coast guard
wheel and left at least 3 of 13 crew members hurt. the coast guard has dropped supplies. a cutter has made its way to the yacht, and at least two of the injured have been moved to a smaller ship. i want to go now by telephone to coast guard petty officer kcale critchfield. were you able to get help out? yes, we were. the coast guard cutter is on scene and they deployed their small response boat to go out to the yacht, and we were able to recover two of the injured people and get them on board the small boat. okay. so they are on scene right now as you and i are speaking rescuing these people, correct? yes. okay. the entire crew won t be taken off at first. only the injured. there are three injured. you are getting three persons off. are we to assume these are the people more seriously injured? yes. i think it would be safe to assume that. i m not sure what the plan is. i think they are trying to get the two people off the schmal boat on to the helo and will be flyin
sergeant. his children were so glad to see him just a few months ago. hello, everyone. it s the top of the hour. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight with the rescue of an international yacht racing team hundreds of miles off the california coast. the crew is competing in the clipper around the world race. it s like the tv show survivor except on the high seas. everyday people, cab drivers, teachers, bankers, compete against other teams circling the globe. and they chronicle their journey, as this video shows. now in the final leg of the 4500-mile race, they hit a monster wave and took out the communications equipment and injured three of its group, including these two members. now the coast guard has a cutter close enough to launch a helicopter. they re about 40 miles off the coast of sapphire but tn franci weather is getting in the way here. joining me on the phone is petty officer caleb critchfield. thank you for joining me. has the cut