McKinleyville, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard safely hoisted an injured logger, Roy Webster, from the Redwood forest this afternoon.
Group Humboldt Bay received a call from “Green Diamond” stating that Mr. Webster had possibly fractured both of his legs. An HH65C helicopter was launched from Air Station Humboldt Bay at approximately 12:00 p.m. and arrived [...]
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Video: Coast Guard Rescues Logger from Redwood Forest
Body of Missing Coast Guardsman Found
PORTLAND, MAINE – A body found yesterday in the water near the Maine State Pier has been identified as Coast Guard Seaman Vincent Colon, 24, of Queens, New York.
A Sea Tow operator found Colon around 7:40 a.m., yesterday and notified local and state agencies. A 25-foot response boat from Coast Guard Station South Portland was [...]
Coast Guard airlifts 50-year-old man from fishing boat
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard airlifted a 50-year-old male from a fishing vessel 80 miles northwest of Lincoln City, Ore., today.
The crew of the 40-foot vessel Karen Jan contacted Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., by high-frequency radio Monday at 9:29 p.m. to request assistance for a man with a medical condition.
An HH-60 helicopter crew [...]
Coast Guard responds to cardiac victim
VillageSoup reports that
A U.S. Coast Guard crew responded early Tuesday morning to a call that a man aboard the schooner Heritage was in cardiac arrest, while the 85-foot sailing vessel was anchored in Carver Cove in Vinalhaven.
William Edsel Austin, 67, of Milledgeville, Ga., was pronounced dead when emergency medical personnel arrived on board the Heritage, [...]
Coast Guard airlifts man near Tillamook Bay, Ore.
SEATTLE – A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew airlifted an Air Force member today after he developed a medical condition during a water survival exercise 1.5 miles west of Tillamook Bay, Ore.
The member was transferred from a raft and onto a nearby 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay at 12:15 p.m.
Minutes later, [...]