Very nice article in the Daily Advance By Kristi Langenbacher.
At the Coast Guard base in Elizabeth City, the United States Coast Guard Aviation Memorial pays tribute to aircrews who did not return. The memorial stands on the grounds of the Wings of Faith Aviation Memorial Chapel at Support Center Elizabeth City.
One of the names listed [...]
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Remembering the Coast Guard’s first aviation casualty
Coast Guard assists sinking boat
HOUSTON – Coast Guard crewmembers assisted three people after their ski boat started sinking off the Texas A & M University on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas today.
A watchstander from Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call from the wife of one of the boaters at 6 p.m. today reporting that the boat was sinking [...]
Antibiotics Administered to Injured Whales
RIO VISTA, Calif. — Veterinarians were successful today in administering antibiotics to the mother whale and calf that have remained in the Sacramento River.
The antibiotics were administered using custom made syringes deployed via a remote operating apparatus into the muscle tissue of both whales. “We are very pleased that we were able to administer [...]
Good Samaritan Rescues Six Boaters in East River
NEW YORK–A good Samaritan rescued six people from a partially submerged recreational boat after it was overtaken by strong currents in the Hell Gate area in the East River at 3:15 p.m today.
The Coast Guard received a radio distress call at 3:15 p.m. from the operator of the 17-foot pleasure boat that they were unable [...]
Agencies free dolphin from entanglement in Delaware Bay
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard, the New Jersey State Police Marine Services Unit’s Bivalve Substation and the Marine Mammal Stranding Center freed a bottlenose dolphin from entanglement in the line of a crab pot this afternoon in the Delaware Bay.
After they were notified at about 11 a.m. that the dolphin, [...]
Coast Guard transports man to Atlantic City hospital
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew airlifted a crewman, reportedly suffering from chest pains, from a commercial fishing boat and transported him to shore this afternoon.
Coast Guard search and rescue coordinators were contacted by the crew of the fishing vessel Kimberly and Kathryn at about 12:35 p.m. and notified that 38-year-old [...]
Video: Coast Guard medevacs injured crewmember from fishing boat
New Orleans- A HH-65 rescue helicopter crew from Air Station New Orleans conducts a medevac in the Gulf of Mexico, May 24, 2007.
U.S. Coast Guard video by the crew of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.