Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents successfully rescued a stranded boater in St. Bernard Parish on July 18.

Agents received a call around noon on July 18 about a stranded boater in Lake Borgne. Agents responded to the scene and located the boater around 2 p.m.

According to the stranded boater, he could not get his boat motor to start and he started drifting even with an anchor because of the wind and waves from the ongoing thunderstorms in the area. Agents found the boater about 19 miles from where he launched his boat.

Agents were able to safely get the boater and his boat across 12 miles of rough open water and back to the Rigolets Marina.

Agents participating in the rescue were Agent Jimmie Daniel and Agent Austin Wiles.