Nine adults, seven children taken to hospital after rescue effort.
A group of campers was rescued from Deer Island yesterday after they were reported missing, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reported.
The MDMR’s Marine Patrol received a call at 8:58 a.m. Sunday reporting that a group of people had been camping on Deer Island overnight and had not been heard from.
At 9:32 a.m., Marine Patrol arrived on Deer Island and found the campers — seven children and nine adults — on the south side of the island’s eastern end, the agency reported.
Marine Patrol Officers Paul Elmore and Mike Strickland brought the seven children, who ranged in age from 8 to 13, to Biloxi Small Craft Harbor where Marine Patrol Officer Rocky Southern and American Medical Response were on site.
The nine adult campers followed in a camper’s personal boat.
Fourteen of the 16 campers were taken to Biloxi Regional and Ocean Springs hospitals for evaluation. All but one of the campers has been released.
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