HONOLULU — U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue crews plan to suspend the search for a Coast Guard pilot missing after an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crashed Thursday evening approximately five miles south of Honolulu International Airport.
The pilot, Cmdr. Thomas Nelson, 42, of Staten Island, N.Y., went missing after the HH-65 crashed with three other crewmembers [...]
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Coast Guard crews searching for 1 near Spring Lake, N.J.
SPRING LAKE, N.J. – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing swimmer Sunday near Spring Lake Beach here.
The Coast Guard received a call at 5:06 p.m. reporting two 40-year-old swimmers were caught in a rip tide.
One swimmer was recovered by locals unconscious and given cardiopulmonary resuscitation and transferred to emergency medical personnel for treatment.
Two [...]
Coast Guard rescues father and son after 12 hours in water
PONCE DE LEON INLET, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued a father and son Sunday morning after the two were in the water for more than 12 hours.
Walter Marino, 46, and his son Chris Marino, 12, both from Winter Park, Fla., went swimming Saturday night when they were caught in an outgoing current and swept [...]
Coast Guard assists fishing vessel taking on water
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Coast Guard assisted a fishing vessel taking on water near Port Royal Sound, S.C., Sunday at approximately 9 a.m.
The Miss Melissa, a 66-foot commercial fishing vessel from Port Royal, started taking on water Sunday morning and requested assistance from the Coast Guard via VHF channel 16. Coast Guard Station Tybee Island, [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for reported swimmer in distress off of Ocean City, Md.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard suspended its search this afternoon for a reported swimmer in distress off of Ocean City, Md.
A woman at an oceanfront hotel reported seeing a white male in distress 50 yards offshore at approximately 8 p.m. Saturday and called 911.
The Coast Guard responded by launching a 47-foot rescue boat from [...]
Coast Guard searching for missing swimmer near Ocean City, Md.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard is searching the waters off Ocean City, Md., after receiving a report of a swimmer in distress last night.
At 7:51 p.m. a woman in an oceanfront hotel called 911 and reported seeing a white male struggling in the surf 50 yards offshore of 28th Avenue.
The Coast Guard launched an [...]