HONOLULU – A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 59-year-old man suffering from a heart attack aboard a cruise ship at 6 a.m. today 60 miles east of Oahu.
Crewmembers from Air Station Barbers Point rescued the man and transported him to The Queens Medical Center for further treatment.
A crewmember aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship [...]
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Coast Guard rescues man aboard cruise ship
Coast Guard rescues missing divers (Update)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued two divers today who were reported overdue when they failed to resurface about 35 miles east of Indian River Bay, Del.
Missing were Joseph Small and Chuck O’Donnell, 55, both of Corbin City, N.J.
The Coast Guard received the call at about 12:50 p.m. from Frank Donnelly, a passenger [...]
VIDEO: Coast Guard rescues 2 divers
A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Indian River pulls two divers from the water after they were separated from their boat about 35 miles east of Indian River Bay, Del.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Roach, a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, stayed with the two divers until the [...]
Contract awarded for cleanup of former Coast Guard LORAN Station
GUAM — U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Honolulu has awarded the contract for the remediation of Polychlorinated Bi-phenyl soils from the former Coast Guard long range aids to navigation (LORAN) station on Cocos Island to Unitek Environmental Guam.
The contract will entail excavation of contaminated soils, transport of the soils to the treatment unit, return [...]
Coast Guard assists disabled vessel near Tillamook Bay
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard is towing the crew of a disabled 65-foot sailing vessel back to Tillamook Bay, Ore., today.
The Coast Guard received a report via VHF-FM radio just after 8 a.m. that the sailing vessel Hawaiian Chieftain, with 12 people aboard, is foundering in 14-foot seas and 35 knot winds. It was also [...]
Man Survives 25 Foot Scaffolding Fall
NEW YORK – A man survived a 25-foot fall from scaffolding to a barge below the Meadowbrook Parkway Number Three Bridge in Freeport, N.Y., at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.
Paramedics reported him to be conscious and suffering from an apparent head injury.
A Coast Guard Station Jones Beach 25-foot rescue boat crew arrived at 11:33 a.m. A [...]
A Tribute to Elizabeth City Aircrew
There’s a ideo by Jayhawk01 posted on the Coast Guard Aviation on Squidoo website. Very well done.