A Coast Guard helicopter used a basket to get a Texas family on the rescue vessel. (CNN/US Coast Guard)

A Coast Guard helicopter used a basket to get a Texas family on the rescue vessel. (CNN/US Coast Guard)

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Dramatic video: Coast Guard rescues family

Updated: Friday, 03 Aug 2012, 7:33 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 03 Aug 2012, 7:33 AM EDT

OFF CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) - A Corpus Christi, Texas family is safe at home after a horrifying boating experience.

The Coast Guard plucked two adults and three children from the waters Thursday after their boat capsized.

A rescue vessel quickly scrambled to save them after they got the call that the boat overturned.

A Coast Guard helicopter used a basket to get them on the rescue vessel.

Thanks to life jackets, the group was shaken but not injured.

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