NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued a man today in the Bonnet Carre Spillway after the canoe he was aboard became stranded by the strong current.
The man aboard a canoe had fallen off and was standing in shallow water bracing it against the current when a passing motorist noticed the him in [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues Canoeist in Bonnet Carre Spillway
Coast Guard tug boat crew, boom boat crew rescue kyakers
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard, a tug boat crew and a boom boat crew rescued two kayakers today after they capsized and were overtaken by water in the Delaware River.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Capstan, a 65-foot small harbor tug boat, was heading toward Philadelphia when the crew of another tug boat notified [...]
Coast Guard rescues overturned kayaker
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued a 30-year old male after his kayak overturned north of Cape Arago, Ore., today.
Coast Guard Group North Bend received a call at approximately 1:37 p.m. from Coos Bay County Sheriff and a Good Samaritan that a man had reportedly overturned his kayak north of Cape Arago.
An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter [...]
Missing Snowmobiler Located, Search Concluded
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sitka Mountain Search and Rescue members, delivered to the scene by Coast Guard helicopter, located a missing snowmobiler and his overturned machine about five miles outside of the original search area near Harbor Mountain northeast of Sitka today. The man was unresponsive.
No further Coast Guard assistance has been requested. The Sitka Mountain [...]
Coast Guard searching for missing man near Ono Island
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard and local authorities are searching for a missing man today, near Ono Island Ala.
Missing is Charles Michael Kopf, 53-year old of Orange Beach, Ala.
The Alabama Marine Police (AMP) found Kopf’s 16-foot blue and white fiberglass boat adrift with the radio turned on, on the Ono River south of Ono Island [...]
Coast Guard rescues father and son on Lake Cataouatche
NEW ORLEANS- The Coast Guard rescued a 37-year-old man and his son today on Lake Cataouatche approximately 15-miles southwest of the New Orleans.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Olreans received a call approximately 2 a.m. today from a watchstander at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans reporting a man and his son had run [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Three Boaters in San Francisco Bay Boat Fire
SAN FRANCISCO- The Coast Guard, working in partnership with the San Francisco Fire Department, responded to a boat fire one mile east of Treasure Island yesterday evening. The three people onboard were rescued and returned safely to shore with no reported injuries.
At 5:20 p.m, the Coast Guard received notification over channel 16 that the 43-foot [...]