NEW YORK–A Coast Guard rescue crew from Station Fire Island rescued a woman from the Great South Bay after a Good Samaritan saw her jump from the Robert Moses Bridge and phoned 911 operators at 2:30 p.m. today.
The crew found her approximately 1 minute after being notified and diverted from a homeland security patrol nearby.
The [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues Woman from Great South Bay
Coast Guard Receives Approval for Identification System
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced today it received formal approval from the Department of Homeland Security to issue solicitations and award contracts to establish initial operating capability for the two-way, maritime data communications system known as the nationwide automatic identification system.
“The nationwide automatic identification system will greatly aid the essential process of identifying, [...]
Air Station Detroit Rescues Man Who Fell From Grain Elevator
Monroe, Mich. – A Coast Guard HH-65C helicopter from Air Station Detroit medically evacuated a man, who reportedly fell from a grain elevator, in Monroe, Mich. at 9 a.m.
The helicopter, piloted by Lt. Mike Calderone and Lt. Sarah Wyne arrived on scene to evaluate the situation and communicate with emergency medical services personnel that were [...]
Today in Coast Guard History – January 11th
1882- At 9 a.m during a thick snowstorm, the schooner A .F. Ames of Rockland, Maine, was bound from Perth Amboy to Boston with a crew of seven persons. She stranded during a thick snowstorm five hundred yards east of Race Point and one mile and three-quarters west of Station No. 6, Second District. The [...]