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Posts on ‘May 22nd, 2007’

Video: Coast Guard rescues fisherman near North Bend

NORTH BEND, Ore. – The Coast Guard evacuated an injured man from a 280-foot fishing vessel 20 miles from North Bend at approximately 5 p.m. Sunday.
The man was hoisted from the fish catcher/processor American Triumph, homeported in Seattle, after he suffered a medical condition rendering him unconscious.
The [...]

Coast Guard, UN Disaster Management Partners Facilitate Disaster Relief Plan

MIAMI – The Coast Guard will be participating in a United Nations Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs disaster management exercise that involves representatives from several entities including U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Agency for International Developement and DHL at Coast Guard Air Station Miami, Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
The Coast Guard is utilizing an HH-60 [...]

Coast Guard continues to search for missing fisherman, scallop boat

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is continuing to search tonight for Mark Drayton, who was aboard the fishing vessel Mary James and has been missing since Sunday night off the coast of New Jersey.
Drayton, from Burlington Township, N.J., and Merele Rubert, from Smithville, N.J., were last heard from by the crew of the [...]

Update on Health of Humpback Whales

RIO VISTA, Calif. — The health of two humpback whales that wandered into the Sacramento River earlier this month continues to be a focus of rescue operations. Principal veterinarian, Dr. Frances Gulland of The Marine Mammal Center, reported changes in the whales’ wounds and skin condition Tuesday observed from her station on the Sacramento River [...]

Coast Guard Continues Search For Missing Fisherman

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– The Coast Guard is continuing the search today for the missing crewmember from the fishing vessel Mary James off the coast of New Jersey.
The search for Mark Dreyton, from Morristown, N.J., continued through the night and will continue through today. The search for Dreyton began late Sunday night after the Coast Guard [...]