ALAMEDA, Calif. – Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe rescued nine people from the water Saturday after a 21-foot rental pleasure craft capsized on Lake Tahoe.
At 4:44 p.m., Station Lake Tahoe received a call from a person reporting that his pleasure craft capsized causing nine people to fall into the water. The Station immediately launched a [...]
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Coast Guard Rescues Nine People From A Capsized Pleasure Craft
Coast Guard Rescues Father and Son Near Charleston Harbor
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard rescued two people near the south jetties in Charleston Harbor around 9 p.m. Saturday.
Peter Hyers, 54, and Christopher Hyers, 22, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., were boating when their sailing vessel ran aground at the Charleston Harbor jetties.
Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators at Sector Charleston received a report from a [...]
Update – Coast Guard closes Mississippi, St. Louis Harbor
ST LOUIS – The Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River from mile marker 174 to 189, which includes the St. Louis Harbor, due to high water and navigational hazards at approximately 9 a.m. yesterday.
This section is closed to all recreational vessels and commercial traffic with exceptions made for vessels with two or fewer barges. [...]
Coast Guard closes Missouri River, St. Louis Harbor
ST LOUIS – The Coast Guard closed the Missouri River from mile marker 179 to 184, which includes the St. Louis harbor, due to high water and navigational hazards at approximately 9 a.m. yesterday.
This section is closed to all recreational vessels and commercial traffic with exceptions made for vessels with two or fewer barges. [...]
Coast Guard rescues man stranded on rocks
BOSTON – A Station Castle Hill, Rhode Island, 25-foot response boat crew working closely with the Newport Fire Department rescued a man stranded on some rocks at 7:08 p.m., at Kings Beach yesterday.
A Newport police officer called the Coast Guard station after he watched the man go into the water after warning him not to [...]
Coast Guard medevacs 35-year-old with respiratory problems off Attlantic City, N.J.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 35-year-old woman today who was having trouble breathing while aboard a cruise ship about 150 miles east of Atlantic City.
The Coast Guard received the call at about 1 a.m. that a female passenger aboard the cruise ship Explorer of the Seas had a high fever and [...]