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Posts on ‘December 11th, 2006’

Search for Laura Gainey Suspended

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for Laura Gainey today at 7:20 p.m.
The U.S. Coast Guard C-130 airplane that searched through the afternoon was released from the search at about 5:30 p.m. The motor vessel Strong Patriot was also released from the search this afternoon.
The motor vessel Hero remained at the [...]

Search Suspended for Man Missing in San Diego Bay

SAN DIEGO, CA – The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a man missing since Saturday night in San Diego Bay.
The Coast Guard received word yesterday afternoon of two men missing since Saturday night. The father of one of the men on board reported that his son and a friend went out around [...]

Search Continues for Gainey Today

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The search continues today for Laura Gainey, who went overboard from the sailing vessel Picton Castle about 470 miles southeast of Cape Cod.
A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 airplane searched for her throughout the night, aided by two merchant vessels and the woman’s shipmates aboard the tall ship Picton Castle. The eight-man crew [...]

Fisherman Medevaced by Air Station Cape Cod

BOSTON – A 56-year old man suffering from a neurological condition was airlifted from a fishing vessel 100 nautical miles east of Cape Cod, Mass. about noon today.
The owner of fishing vessel Lucimar, of New Bedford, Mass., called Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England for help and the Coast Guard launched an Air Station Cape [...]