DETROIT, MI - A Detroit Coast Guard air crew safely hoisted seven people Saturday evening from a grounded vessel on Buckeye Reef near Middle Bass Island in western Lake Erie.

The 28-foot vessel was hard aground with five adults and two children aboard, the Coast Guard Sector Detroit learned about 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14. A Coast Guard crew in a 25-foot boat out of Marblehead, Ohio, accompanied by a local, commercial salvage company, could not approach the vessel because of water depths, the Coast Guard reported in a statement.

"The (grounded) vessel was reported to be severely listing and one of the adults was experiencing a panic attack thought to be brought on by the situation."

A MH-65 Dolphin helicopter then left Detroit to make the rescue. The aircraft took four to the Middle Bass Island airport, where paramedics and local police met them. The crew returned and hoisted the remaining three people.

Medical personnel evaluated the seven people and reported no injuries. They were then taken on a 45-foot response boat to the Marblehead station, north of Sandusky and east of Port Clinton.

The owner was to remove the boat, possibly Sunday, depending on the weather.