VENICE, La.- The Coast Guard, following tips from the local boating community, recovered the body of a toddler approximately 5 miles east of the mouth of the Mississippi River today.
After receiving a tip from the fishing vessel Crystal Lynn just before 10:00 a.m., a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Venice, La., along with [...]
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Coast Guard Recovers Remains of Toddler
Coast Guard Recovers Satellite Rig Worker
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The crew of a Coast Guard HH-65C rescue helicopter from Air Station Corpus Christi recovered the body of a Wood Group Production Services employee sixty miles South of Corpus Christi at approximately 10:45 a.m. on January 19, 2008.
The Coast Guard received the report from a Bell helicopter pilot who saw the [...]
Lower Mississippi River Re-opened to Vessel Traffic
DONALDSONVILLE, La.- At approximately 10:18 a.m. the Coast Guard re-opened the stretch of lower Mississippi River, from mile markers 167-177, which was partially closed after the towboat Senator Stennis struck the sunken wreckage of a replica 17th Century French warship, Le Pelican, and spilled approximately 30 gallons of diesel fuel.
The Senator Stennis was safely removed [...]
Coast Guard ends search for three missing teenagers
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Coast Guard ended its search for three missing teenage boaters in the vicinity of Pine Island Sound, Fla., at 8:16 a.m. Sunday when the boys were reported moored at Fort Myers Beach Yacht Basin in Fort Myers, Fla.
John Koeppel, 17, Kyle Duey, 18, and Devin Sherman, 18, all of Alva, [...]
Coast Guard rescues three generations of one family
BOSTON – The Coast Guard rescued a family spanning three generations from 41 degree water today after their boat capsized near Fort Adams in Narragansett Bay, R.I.
Roy Goodwin, 60, of Upton, Mass., his son, Roy Goodwin, 38, and his grandson Corey Goodwin, 18, both of Douglas, Mass., are being treated for mild hypothermia at Newport [...]
Coast Guard searching for three missing boaters
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Coast Guard, along with state and local officials, have been searching for three missing teenage boaters on an 18-foot white flats boat in the vicinity of Pine Island Sound, Fla., since about 2 a.m. Sunday.
Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., received a call from the vessel owner at about [...]
Mississippi River partially closed after towboat accident
DONALDSONVILLE, La. – The Coast Guard has temporarily restricted vessel traffic to one-way on the Lower Mississippi River from mile markers 167-177 due to a towboat grounding.
At approximately 1 p.m. today, the towboat Senator Stennis struck the submerged wreckage of the 17th century replica of the French warship, Le Pelican that sank March, 2004, [...]