NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard suspended its search today for a a 14-year-old boy who went missing after reportedly attempting to swim across the Intracoastal Waterway near the Highway 24 bridge in Houma, La.
The search began Monday after the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Office contacted the Coast Guard reporting the teenager was missing.
Coast Guard units searched [...]
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing teen
Coast Guard Evacuates 61-year old man
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 61-year old man 2-miles north west of Copalis Head, Wash., today.
Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor received notification that the master of the fishing vessel Scooter was in need of medical assistance and would need to be airlifted off of the vessel.
Station Grays Harbor notified Coast Guard Air [...]
Coast Guard Medevacs Man By Airboat
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard medically evacuated a man from Neebish Island, today, at approximately 11 a.m.
The man was recovered and transported to Emergency Medical Services.
The Coast Guard received a call at approximately 11:10 a.m. reporting that a 78-year-old male was experiencing heart troubles and needed to be transported to better [...]
Coast Guard Hosting Russian Border Guard Delegation
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard is hosting a Russian Border Guard delegation visit this week in the Bay Area, treating the Russians to a tour of the Bay aboard the Coast Guard cutter George Cobb, a search and rescue demonstration and a visit to the training center in Petaluma.
The delegation consists of nine [...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 11 Cubans
MIAMI – Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island repatriated 11 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Wednesday.
Search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., were contacted by a good Samaritan stating they located a rustic vessel with 12 migrants aboard, eight miles south of Key West, Friday. A 33-foot [...]
Coast Guardsmen honored as heroes
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Three local Coast Guardsmen were honored for their off duty heroism at the Greater Long Beach Chapter Red Cross’ fourth annual Hometown Heroes ceremony Tuesday.
Petty Officer Second Class Justin Brown, stationed in Long Beach, was honored for his lifesaving skills when his quick thinking and first aid training had a hand [...]
Coast Guard to Award Lifesaving Medals
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard approved the award of Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals to two men who participated in the heroic rescue of two young boys swept away in a riptide while swimming in the Outer Banks of North Carolina on July 24, 2006.
The recipients are Kevin Mark Emerson, and John M. Rosenberry, [...]