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: Ore. (AP) - A surfer has helped to rescue three men after a wave
: flipped their aluminum crabbing boat off the south jetty near
: Newport.
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: The Oregon State Police report the surfer, who was not
: identified by police, saw the vessel capsize Saturday morning
: and swam to the three men, putting two of them on his board
: while the third held onto his ankles.
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: The U.S. Coast Guard arrived after 20 minutes and took the men
: to a facility.
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: Two of the men were treated at a local hospital for hypothermia
: and minor injuries.
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: The men were heading past the south jetty to go crapping on the
: 18-foot aluminum boat. They had decided to turn back when the
: wave struck and capsized their boat.
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