Coast Guard Rescues Two Teenage Boys Off Rhode Island Coast

POINT JUDITH, RI (CBS) -- Two 15-year-0ld boys were rescued by Coast Guard Saturday after their boat lost power and got stuck on a harbor breakwater.

The boys got out of their boat and onto the breakwater at Point Judith, Rhode Island.  The pair was spotted by a towing company who called  the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard boat couldn't get close enough to the breakwater, so a rescue swimmer swam over the boys and brought both of them to safety.

The teenagers were wearing their life jackets and no one was hurt.

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