CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The crew of a Coast Guard HH-65C rescue helicopter from Air Station Corpus Christi medevaced a man from a tug located 5 miles south of the Colorado River in Matagorda Bay.
The 41 year old man from Brownsville, Texas was aboard the tug ISIDUR CENAC when he started suffering from chest pains.
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Coast Guard Medevacs Man From Tug
Coast Guard assists people from boat fire
SEATTLE – Coast Guard crew members from a 25-foot response boat treated crewmembers for hypothermia and burns after their pleasure craft caught fire in the vicinity of Port Orchard, Wash.
A Good Samaritan recovered two, and the captain of the burning vessel recovered the remaining two of five people from the water and notified the Coast [...]
Coast Guard Helicopter Crew Medevac’s Barge Crewman
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 59-year old man from a barge late last night about 20 miles south of Belle Pass.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans received a call at 11:08 p.m., reporting that a crewman on a work barge was coughing up blood.
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans [...]
Coast Guard rescues 2 near Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – The Coast Guard rescued two people today aboard a 20-foot disabled boat near the Walt Whitman Bridge in Philadelphia.
The Coast Guard received a call about 1:30 p.m from a crewmember aboard the boat requesting assistance because their boat was disabled and adrift.
A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Philadelphia arrived on scene [...]
4 rescued near Cape May, N.J.
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard and Seatow rescued four people today aboard a 28-foot boat two miles southeast of Cape May Inlet near Cape May.
The Coast Guard received a mayday call about 10 a.m. from a crewmember aboard the 28-foot boat requesting assistance because they were taking on water.
A rescue boat crew from [...]
Coast Guard medevacs dive boat crew member
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced a man suffering from chest pains 40 miles east of Cape Charles, Va. at 1:02 p.m. today.
Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector Hampton Roads received a report from the 40-foot dive vessel Miss Lindsey at 11:23 a.m. stating that [...]
Coast Guard assists with helicopter crash near Martha’s Vineyard
BOSTON- The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan responded to a helicopter crash north of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., around 2:23p.m., today.
Around 2:10 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received nearly 15 calls from 911 reporting that a helicopter had crashed about 1,000 yards north of the mouth of Tashmoo Lake.
There were four people and [...]