HOUSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for six people who went missing in Galveston Bay, Texas, this evening.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston received a call at 7 p.m. from the Kemah Fire Department, reporting that a 21-foot boat had run aground.
Coast Guard Air Station Houston launched a HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew and [...]
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Coast Guard searching for 6 in Galveston Bay
Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Sailor
Story at The Outer Banks Sentinel
A Coast Guard helicopter crew has medevaced a Navy crewman from the USS Bainbridge about 45 miles off Hatteras Island.
The USS Bainbridge contacted the Coast Guard to report that a 26-year-old female sailor had injuries to her face and one of her legs.
Eight People Rescued After Helicopter Crash
NEW YORK–Eight people were rescued by two good Samaritan vessels after a helicopter crashed in the Hudson River near Weehawken, N.J. around 4:50 p.m. today.
The helicopter’s pontoons immediately inflated as it hit the water and the eight survivors were able to safely exit the helicopter to the good Samaritan vessels Lady Sandy, from Jersey City [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 101 Cubans
 MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutters Yellowfin and Sawfish repatriated 101 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Friday and Saturday and transfered two suspected smugglers to Customs and Border Protection officials.
The crew of the Cutter Yellowfin interdicted four Cuban migrants on a rustic vessel 50 miles south of Key West, Fla., [...]
Good Samaritan Rescues Fisherman
 BOSTON – A Maine fisherman was rescued today by a fellow fisherman after his boat sank 12 miles east of Kennebunkport, Maine.
The Coast Guard received a distress signal at 9:04 a.m. from an electronic position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) registered to the Morgan Leigh, a 36-foot fishing boat from Harpswell, Maine.
After making a series of [...]
Coast Guard Assists in Medevac of Long Island Swimmer
 NEW YORK–A boater is hospitalized with potential neck injuries after he dove from a boat into shallow water in Goose Creek near the Wantagh Two Bridge in Nassau County a little after 6:00 p.m. yesterday.
The injured boater’s condition is unknown. Ari Figueroa, 37, is from North Belmore, N.Y.
Two other boaters in the recreational vessel [...]