CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – After a two-day effort, the Coast Guard has suspended its active search today at 9 p.m. for Michael Moxley, the 19-year-old man who went missing south of the Packery Channel jetties late Friday afternoon.
Coast Guard crews searched more than 87 square miles, including overlapping searches, multiple shoreline searches, and nearby oil [...]
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Coast Guard suspends search for 19 -year-old man
Coast Guard Launches First Response Assets after Hurricane Ike
KATY, Texas – The U.S. Coast Guard has launched its first air assets and crews into the areas hit by hurricane Ike, Saturday, Sept. 13.
The Coast Guard, in conjunction with the Texas Air National Guard, Texas Task Force 1, and the California Air National Guard, has rescued 103 people and nine pets to date.
Earlier [...]
Coast Guard continues search for missing man
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Coast Guard is continuing its search for a missing man that was swept off the Packery Channel jetties yesterday evening.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call at 5:42 p.m. from the Corpus Christi Police Department, reporting a group of four people were swept off the sourthern [...]
Coast Guard Rescues Man From Sinking Boat
BOCA GRANDE, Fla., – Rescue crews from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., and Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., rescued a 55-year-old man at about 12:30 a.m., Saturday, from a 29-foot sailboat that ran aground and sank near Johnson Shoals in Boca Grande Pass, Fla.
Jean-Francois Duplaa, of Naples, Fla., was rescued after Coast [...]
Grounded Tug and Barge Succesosfully Refloated On Hudson River
NEW YORK-A 114-foot tug carrying 65,000 gallons of diesel fuel and pushing a 320-foot barge was successfully re-floated at high tide at about 4:30 a.m. today after they ran aground 15 miles south of Albany on the Hudson River at 3:50 p.m. Friday.
Both vessel’s hulls remained intact, and there have been no reports of pollution.
The [...]
Editorial: Hurricane Ike and the work ahead
Editorial: Friday was a tough day for the Coast Guard family. As Hurricane Ike rolled into Texas, Coast Guardsman from around the country were busy preparing to assist the victims, or were busy rescuing them. Coast Guard helicopters rescued more than 65 people stranded on Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston, Texas, as storm surge waters flooded the [...]