SEATTLE – The Coast Guard airlifted a surfer who was stranded near Lincoln City, Ore., Monday.
Coast Guard Group North Bend received a call at 4:28 p.m. about two surfers who were stranded off of Spanish Head. One of the surfers was able to safely make it to shore.
An HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew was launched [...]
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Coast Guard airlifts stranded surfer
Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard assisted two people who were in distress southwest of Ledbetter Point near Willapa Bay, Wash., Monday.
Coast Guard Group Astoria, Ore., received a call at 1 p.m. concerning two people aboard a 40-foot vessel that was taking on water.
A 47-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., was [...]
Coast Guard helicopters respond after Hurricane Gustav-video
First Coast Guard helicopters leave to conduct overflights of the New Orleans area following Hurricane Gustav making landfall Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.
Coast Guard staging at Cecil Field for possible Gustav rescue operations
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard aircrews are pre-staging at Cecil Field in Jacksonville for post-storm rescue operations following the landfall of Hurricane Gustav.
The Coast Guard has flown 30 Coast Guardsmen to Jacksonville to take five helicopters to the Gulf Coast if the need for post-storm search and rescue is necessary. The majority of the aircrews [...]
Missing Teen Swimmer’s body found in Hollywood,Florida
MIAMI – The body of a missing 14-year old boy was located along the beach at John U. Lloyd Beach State Park in Hollywood, Fla., at approximately 10:30 a.m., Monday, after an extensive search by the Coast Guard along with local and state agencies.
On Sunday evening, Hollywood Police Department requested Coast Guard assistance locating [...]
Coast Guard rescues 12 in Chicago before boat sinks
CHICAGO — The Coast Guard rescued 12 people Monday from a sinking boat near the Chicago Locks at approximately 2 a.m.
The people attracted the Coast Guard’s attention by waving their arms.
A Coast Guard Station Chicago 25-foot response boat was searching for a missing person in a separate case, when they noticed the distressed boaters on [...]
Hurricane Gustav command center established in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Coast Guard’s Eighth District command and incident management team, usually located in New Orleans, has temporarily relocated its command staff to St. Louis to oversee hurricane response operations.
The team of approximately 40 personnel is operating out of the Coast Guard’s Integrated Support Command located at the Robert Young Federal Building, [...]