CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard assisted a 26-foot boat with three people aboard taking on water at the BP-25 artificial reef Sunday afternoon.
Jason Lynch and his two passengers radioed the Coast Guard over VHF channel 16 that they were taking on water and needed assistance. A helicopter from Air Facility Charleston diverted to the [...]
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Coast Guard Assists Boat Taking on Water
Coast Guard Rescues Son After Boat Capsizes, Father Dead
BOSTON – An 82-year-old man died and his son was rescued by the Coast Guard about 3:15 this afternoon after their boat capsized near the Hog Island #2 buoy in Buzzard’s Bay, Mass.
The father was recovered from the water unconscious and not breathing nearly one hour after his son was saved from their 20-foot capsized [...]
Coast Guard, mountain rescue unit train to save lives
PORT ANGELES, Wash. – Members of the Coast Guard and Olympic Mountain Rescue came together Saturday for a joint training exercise at Air Station Port Angeles.
Olympic Mountain Rescue is a volunteer organization that assists with search and rescue missions in rugged wilderness areas involving high angle rock, snow and ice. Their mountaineering abilities allow [...]
Rescue Teams Prepare for Whale Herding Operation
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Training exercises will begin on Monday in preparation for herding two wayward humpback whales to the San Francisco Bay. Attempts to coax the female whale and her calf using whale sounds will not resume Monday as previously planned, officials announced today.
Tuesday’s herding operation will involve using several boats equipped [...]
Search Suspended for Missing Oregon Boater
Warrenton, Ore. – The search for the 40-year old Warrenton man who went missing after his boat capsized near the mouth of the Columbia River was suspended at 3:01 p.m. yesterday, pending further developments.
An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., boat crews from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., and [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Florida Boater
HERNANDO BEACH, Fla.- The Coast Guard suspended its search at 1:45 p.m. today, for a 50-year-old male boater missing since Friday afternoon in the vicinity of Hernando Beach, Fla.
Michael Curl, of Hernando Beach, was discovered missing by officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) when they found his unmanned, white, 17-foot flats [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Two in Canoe
YANKEETOWN, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued two men from a beige, 16-foot canoe about one mile west of the mouth of the Waccasassa River near Yankeetown, Fla., at about 1:30 p.m. today.
Brothers Ronald Thomas, 40, and Russel Thomas, 47, both of Gulf Hammock, Fla., were fishing last night at about 11 p.m. when [...]