RedactedNarrative: On 6/23/14 at 2125 hours Ketchikan AST received a report of overdue boaters from the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The overdue boaters had filed a trip plan with family before departing Knudson Cove Marina in Ketchikan in their 20' skiff on 6/19/14 for a camping trip on the Unuk River, they were due back to Ketchikan before 4:00 pm on 6/23/14.  The USCG and the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squadron (KVRS) launched aircraft and watercraft assets in an attempt to locate the missing boaters. 
  
  On 6/24/14 at approximately 1138 hours, a KVRS airplane spotted the missing boaters on the beach of the  Unuk River.  KVRS relayed the coordinates of the boaters to the USCG who then dispatched a USCG helicopter to the scene.  The USCG helicopter rescued the boaters and returned them to Ketchikan, there were no reported injuries. Interviews with the boaters revealed they had experienced a grounding on Saturday the 21st forcing the two to swim to shore where they were able to get a fire going and erect a tent.  The two also reportedly constructed an orange florescent "X" on the beach, a common signal for distress which was spotted by the KVRS aircraft.