CLEVELAND (D9 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard Station Lorain rescued a male skier who became separated from the boat’s towline a quarter of a mile east of the Vermilion River today at approximately 7 p.m.
“He looked a little tired; he said he’d been out there for about an hour,” said Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class [...]
Posts on ‘July 12th, 2008’
Coast Guard Rescues Water Skier
Coast Guard crews searching for missing swimmer
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard is searching today for a 28-year-old man who disappeared while swimming with two friends about 100 yards off the coast of Wildwood, N.J., near Schellenger Avenue and Waterfront.
The Coast Guard received a call at 7:15 p.m. from a member of the Wildwood Police Department reporting a swimmer is [...]
Nine People Endangered After Volcano Erupts on Umnak Island
JUNEAU, Alaska (D17 Public Affairs) – Coast Guard search and rescue coordinators at the District Seventeen Command Center are monitoring the safety of nine people on Umnak Island, Alaska, after a volcano erupted on the island around 12 p.m., today.
The six adults and three children at Fort Glenn on Umnak Island have reported they have [...]
Coast Guard responds to boat fire, explosion
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – The Coast Guard and several other state and local agencies responded when a fishing boat with one person aboard caught fire and exploded off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, about 10:30 a.m., today.
Kenneth Johnson called Coast Guard Sector Northern New England in South Portland, Maine, to report that his [...]
Three People Rescued From the Water inWest Moriches Inlet
NEW YORK (D1 Public Affairs) – Three people were recovered from the water on the west side of Moriches Inlet after their vessel capsized at about 8:05 a.m. today.
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a call from a Good Samaritan at 7:56 a.m. who reported that a large wave had capsized a14-foot pleasure [...]
Cutter Crew Recovers Body of Missing Waikiki Free Diver
HONOLULU (D14 Public Affairs) – Crewmembers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Galveston Island this morning recovered the body of a free diver missing off Waikiki since 3:40 p.m. Friday, July 11.
The diver’s body was recovered at 11:03 a.m. Saturday approximately six miles south-southwest of Waikiki in an area where the water is almost 1,800 [...]
Coast Guard rescues two boaters near Coos Bay
SEATTLE (D13 Public Affairs)- The Coast Guard rescued two boaters near Coos Bay, Ore., after they were overcome by eight-foot waves and 25-knot winds.
An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., was conducting a routine training flight in the area at about 3:30 p.m. when the crew noticed a kayaker and the [...]