ST. IGNACE, Mich. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated two men from Mackinac Island today at approximately 10:30 p.m. yesterday.
A Coast Guard Station St. Ignace crew launched a 47-foot motor life boat to assist the two men. The first victim was a 68-year-old male who was suffering from heart problems, and the second victim [...]
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Coast Guard Evacuates 2 From Mackinac Island
4 Injured When Boat Strikes Submerged Object
NEW YORK — Four people were injured when their boat struck a submerged object and began taking on water four miles northeast of Orient Point, Long Island, N.Y. at 3:30 p.m. today.
All people aboard the 33-foot pleasure craft, Something Fishy, reportedly suffered minor injuries. The operator of the vessel, Lou Chrisatelli, 55, reported the object [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Spear Fisherman
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard medevaced a 26-year-old man from the Gulf of Mexico 20 miles north east Port Mansfield, Texas, this morning.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a mayday call from a three divers on board a 22-foot motor boat at 10 a.m. today. The men reported that [...]
Coast Guard rescues 3 people near Bolivar Point, Texas
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard rescued three men in Galveston Bay after their boat capsized near Bolivar Point, Texas, this morning.
A Coast Guard Sector Houston/Galveston watchstander received a call at 11:17 a.m. from the captain of the dredge boat Edward Fisher reporting that a 20-foot motor boat stuck a barge. The collision caused the motor [...]
Coast Guard Searches for Missing Swimmer in Vermont
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is searching Shelburne Bay, Vt., today for a man who disappeared while swimming to shore from a sailboat.
The crew aboard the sailing vessel Adagio called Coast Guard Station Burlington at about 4 p.m., when they lost sight of the 48-year-old man.
He was reported to be a good swimmer, but was [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Missing Woman Swimmer
BOSTON – The Coast Guard searched Providence River today for a 56-year-old woman who vanished while swimming with her husband off Conimicut Point Beach, R.I.
The husband made a 911 call that was relayed to Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England at 5:30 p.m., that his wife was missing. The sector deployed a rescue-boat crew from [...]
Happy Birthday Coast Guard
Happy 217th Birthday to the men and women of the United States Coast Guard.