Coast Guard Rescues Two Kayakers Near Smith Island, Va.

      PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- The Coast Guard rescued two kayakers Saturday night, after the group they were with reported them missing near Cape Charles, Va.
      One person from the group called the Virginia Marine Police after the overdue kayakers failed to arrive at their designated meeting point before sunset.
     A crew aboard a 25-foot Response Boat – Small from Coast Guard Station Cape Charles and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., were launched to assist the police in their search. The Jayhawk crew located the couple near Smith Island, Va., at approximately 11 p.m.
      The couple was transported to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, Va., with no reported injuries.