Stranded boaters rescued by U.S. Coast Guard from remote Vancouver Island beach

Two Canadians were rescued by the U.S.Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon following a mayday call off the southwest coast ofVancouver Island.

Footage from the rescue shows an air crew hoisting the boaters into a helicopterusing a basket.

The pair's vessel was apparently taking on water but they were able to swim to shorenear Tsusiat Falls and call for help.

An air crew from Port Angeles, Wash., responded to the call and located the boaters on a beach.

Rescuers say the pair were suffering from symptoms related to hypothermia.

The boaterswere transferred to a Canadian crew at a landing zone in Washington.