HOUSTON – The Coast Guard, along with the assistance of a Good Samaritan, rescued six people from the Gulf of Mexico this evening, after their 20-foot sailboat capsized 10-miles south of Matagorda Island, Texas.
A watchstander at Sector Houston-Galveston received a call at 5:15 p.m. from tech airman Roy Rogers of Rotor Craft Leasing that one [...]
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Coast Guard, Good Samaritan rescue six from Gulf of Mexico
Update on Two People Missing Off Long Island
NEW YORK- The multi-agency search for two missing Queens, N.Y., men was suspended pending further information at 12:45 p.m. today.
Mac Jerome Franklin and Kevin Mitchell left for a fishing trip in the Town of Hempstead, on East Bay, Sun. June 29, at approximately 10 p.m.
Concerned family contacted Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound to notify [...]
Blue Kayak Found on Gilgo Island
NEW YORK-The Coast Guard has found a kayak containing personal items caught in brush on Gilgo Island, N.Y., at around 1 p.m., today.
The Kayak, a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 140, was found during recent search and rescue efforts for another case. The Kayak was found containing two bags of female clothing and camping gear.
If anyone [...]
Coast Guard medevacs man 100-miles off Cameron, Texas
HOUSTON – The Coast Guard medevaced a 62-year-old man approximately 100-miles east of Cameron, Texas, early this morning.
A watchstander from Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a call at 8:55 a.m. from the crew of the 137-foot charter boat, The Big E. The crewmember reported a person onboard had suffered a possible heartattack and was [...]
Coast Guard Searching for Delilah
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard is searching for a vessel 145-miles east of Savannah, Ga., Saturday.
A mayday was sent out by the Delilah, Friday at approximately 3 p.m., which was overheard by several aircraft and relayed to the Coast Guard. The pilots overheard that the vessel had six people aboard, a blue hull and [...]
Coast Guard searching for survivors after Shark River, N.J., plane crash
AVON-BY-THE-SEA, N.J. – The Coast Guard is searching for survivors today after a small, four-seat plane crashed near Shark River Island here.
A rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet, N.J., are on scene with local agencies searching for survivors from the crash.
The plane crashed near the number three buoy near Shark River Island [...]
Coast Guard helps man after boat fire
BOSTON – The Coast Guard helped rescue a 50-year old man after his boat caught fire near Pumpkin Island, Maine, around 9 a.m., today.
Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor received a radio call from the fishing vessel Foxy Lady reporting that the 35-foot lobster boat Perry’s Pride III had caught on fire.
A 25-foot and 47-foot boat [...]