 A US Coast Guard helicopter was in the right place at the right time to save sailors just as their boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico on February 5, according to Independent. Two individuals were assisted by a rescue swimmer who was deployed from the helicopter to the water. The swimmer took the sailors from the boat to the MH-60T helicopter, thermal footage released by the US Coast Guard Training Center in Mobile, Alabama, shows the pair being rescued just as the vessel they were operating was submerged in the water. The US Coast Guard said it was in the right place at the right time to save two people from a sinking boat, besides, the US Coast Guard is searching for a sailor who they say never arrived in Hawaii after a planned three-week sail. Noel Rubio, 60, departed Long Beach, California, on December 28 in his vessel, Malolani, the Coast Guard said in a news release. He was traveling to Oahu, Hawaii, and was expected to arrive there on January 18. However, Rubio never arrived in the area, the Coast Guard said, and has not made contact with anyone since his departure on December 28, when he spoke with a friend via cell phone to say that he was on his way to Hawaii.