Found an interesting story from the Kodiak Daily Mirror. Here’s some excerpts and you can visit the site for more.
Several Kodiakans saw something fall from the sky Tuesday morning that may have landed in mountainous terrain on Kodiak Island. The incident prompted 911 calls and a helicopter search was launched from U.S. Coast Guard [...]
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Coast Guard Searches for UFO
Coast Guard Wet Debris Removal In Final Stage
BILOXI, Miss. — Although he wasn’t just “cruising down the river” in his new airboat, a contract employee for the U.S. Coast Guard Wet Debris removal program made a rather revealing discovery last spring while exploring wetlands along the northern rim of St. Louis Bay in Harrison County.
Using helicopters and adding more airboats to search [...]
Mock disaster ends with 3 serious injuries
An interesting story today from CTV.ca . Tough day for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Fumes from a malfunctioning lifeboat motor turned a mock disaster exercise into a real-life rescue mission off the western coast of Newfoundland on Thursday.Coast guard spokesperson Brian Stone said the training exercise, which involved a staged evacuation of a ferry, was [...]
Coast Guard Helicopter Medevacs Boat Crewman
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 32-year-old male from a 50-foot fishing vessel approximately 60 miles south of Apalachicola, Florida this afternoon.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received the call at 7:15 a.m., with a report of an offshore fishing vessel’s crewmember suffering from abdominal pains, vomiting and dehydration.
Coast Guard [...]
Cost Guard Auxiliary Unveils New Boating Safety Aid
MIAMI – The Coast Guard is scheduled to unveil their new Boating Advisory Trailer – Public Awareness Kit during the annual Coast Guard Auxiliary Conference at the Hyatt Hotel, Pier 66, Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
The BAT-PAK is a mobile program designed to inform and educate recreational boaters of equipment that greatly increases [...]
Coast Guard Suspending Search for Missing Joe Cool Crew
MIAMI – The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday at sunset for four crewmembers of the sport-fishing vessel Joe Cool, reported overdue Sunday from a trip to Bimini, Bahamas, originating from Miami Saturday.
Joe Cool’s operator Jake Branam, and crewmembers Kelly Branam, Scott Gamble and Sammy Kairy, who were the focus of the Coast Guard’s search [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Diver Off Canaveral Coast
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended its search off the coast of Port Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday afternoon for a diver that went missing Saturday evening off the coast of Jupiter Inlet, Fla.
Coast Guard search and rescue crews resumed its search Tuesday morning off the coast of Port Canaveral for Nicole Cuomo, 32, of Rockledge, [...]