RedactedNarrative: On the time and date stated above Kentcom dispatched me to a water rescue of a sinking vessel on the Delaware River near Reedy Island with 2 persons on board and possibly in the water. I activated my emergency lights and started towards Delaware City Marina to go underway MP Bravo. As I was en route to MP Bravo Officer1 advised he was closer to MP Bravo and was going Underway MP Bravo. Upon Officer1 making his was to the scene he was advised by Kentcom that fireboard had 2 of 2 occupants from the sinking vessel on board in which they picked up from another vessel who had heard their distress signal over VHF channel 16. Upon arrival on scene at Delaware City, the 2 occupants from the vessel returned to the Delaware city marina aboard the Fireboard vessel. Both occupants were checked for injuries, the Operator of the Vessel  complained of back pain from a prior injury to his back but refused medical attention.
  
  After checking for injuries and giving time for the occupants of the vessel to relax, I asked for rerun of what had occurred that caused their accident. The operator of the vessel advised that himself and his one other occupant had put in at Delaware City boat ramp around 1330hrs and traveled southbound on the Delaware River just south of the C&D Canal where they went fishing for about 3 hours. Around 1630 they decided to move and travel North East towards Pea Patch Island to try fishing in the location. Upon just getting on plain they struck a sandbar at apprx. 15 to 20 knts causing their vessel to come to an abrupt stop. With the collision with the sand bar it caused their vessel to be imbedded into the sand bar causing the stern of their vessel to swamp and take on a large amount of water. Due to sitting on a sandbar their vessel did not completely submerge, the vessel however was underwater from the center console down to the stern. They radioed a MAYDAY signal on VHF channel 16 and blew a distress signal with their horn. The operator also tried to fire off a flare but was not in working condition. Both occupants rapidly applied their PFDs and were about in waist deep water in their vessel. Due to their MAYDAY call another vessel near by arrived at their location and brought the 2 occupants aboard their vessel who were then transferred over to Fireboard and brought back to the Delaware City Marina to check for injuries. Both occupants deemed themselves uninjured and refused any further medical attention.
  
  Due to the vessel being stuck on a sandbar TowBoat US was able to go out to the scene of the boat and recover the boat, the boat was deemed a total lost and unsalvagable, the boat was an estimated total of $15,000.00.
  