VIDEO: Fisherman is rescued from ROCK by US Coast Guard during storm

A spear fisherman marooned on a pile of wave-swept rocks in the massive waves caused by a passing tropical storm was saved in a daring rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard caught on video.

The 50-year-old fisherman was scoping the waters off Dog Island on the Southeast coast of St. Thomas about 8:30 a.m. on Saturday when he was injured and his companion in a 26-foot Grady White powerboat was unable to retrieve him in the six-foot whitecaps churned up by Tropical Storm Earl from the treacherous upcropping.

His friend called 911 who in turned alerted the Coast Guard.

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