MIAMI — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 49-year-old man from the 190-foot motor vessel Resolve Pioneer Monday morning about 13 miles south of Key West, Fla.
Search-and-rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received a call from a Resolve Pioneer crewmember at 4 a.m. Monday requesting a medical evacuation for a crewmember who [...]
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Coast Guard Medical Evacuation Near Key West
Diligence Returns From Caribbean Law Enforcement Patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the 210-foot Coast Guard Cutter Diligence, homeported in Wilmington, N.C., will return home Tuesday at 2 p.m. following a 53-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Caribe Venture, a counter-narcotics operation.
The crew of the Diligence departed Wilmington for the Caribbean Sea January [...]
Overdue Kayaker Rescued Sunday Night
Mobile, Ala – Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call on the evening of March 2 from a concerned spouse that her 55 year old husband, a Chuck Folkers, was overdue from his regular kayak trip on Escambia Bay.Coast Guard Sector Mobile created search patterns and launched a 25′ response boat from Station Pensacola and [...]
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Parasailer
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – The Coast Guard suspended its search for a reported parasailer in the water about one-mile west of Sunset Beach in Treasure Island, Fla., at 10:50 p.m., Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., received a call from St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, reporting that witnesses saw a [...]