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Coast Guard rescues man from air mattress

1:23 PM on 06/17/2009

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An unidentified man was arrested after being rescued by the Coast Guard after he was found floating on an air mattress in Presque Isle Bay, which is located off the northwestern coast of Pennsylvania.

Officials heard the man had been sleeping on a blow up mattress by the shore that eventually floated out onto the water. According to Erie police Wednesday morning, he was arrested on an outstanding sheriff's warrant.

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