SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Coast Guard says two kayakers who went missing overnight have been pulled unresponsive from waters three miles off the Maine coast.
Petty Officer Lauren Jorgensen says 18-year-old Irena McEntee and 20-year-old Carissa Ireland were unresponsive when they were found Monday morning and were taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Further details weren’t available.
The women’s 12-foot-long kayaks were found late Sunday after the women attempted to paddle from Peaks Island to Ram Island, a distance of about a mile. The water temperature is between 46 and 48 degrees.
Tom Hawley from the National Weather Service says there was a small craft advisory in effect at the time. He says there were sustained winds of 22 mph.