BOSSIER, Louisiana (KTRK) -- A boater and his two dogs are safe after deputies and a Good Samaritan jumped in to rescue them in Bossier Parish, near Shreveport.
The incident happened Monday afternoon. The man managed to call 911 as his 14-foot boat started sinking in Lake Bistineau.
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Deputies reached the man's home where he originally launched his boat and they ran into a neighbor who knew the stranded boater.
That neighbor led authorities to the man out on the lake with his dogs.
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Nearly an hour after the initial 911 call, crews pulled the boater and his pets to safety, who were all clinging to a tree.
Everyone is okay.