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Coast Guard rescues 63-year-old man near Fort Pierce Inlet

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The Coast Guard rescued a 63-year-old man neat the Fort Pierce Inlet Thursday afternoon. 

Crews arrived at the scene at 12:24 p.m. after receiving a call from a boater. 

The patient, Michael Grieschimd, was sitting on the hull of his capsized vessel wearing a floating device.

Crews transferred Grieschimd ashore with no reported injuries. 

A commercial salvage towed the vessel ashore.