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Posts on ‘October 19th, 2008’

Video – Hurricane Omar response operations in St. Croix

The Coast Guard responds in St. Croix following Hurricane Omar which damaged much of the island’s infrastructure. This video clip documents the repair of the communication station that keeps all mariners in the U.S. Virgin Islands in touch with the Coast Guard in the event of an maritime emergency.

Coast Guard rescue crews search for missing kayaker

HONOLULU – Rescue personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard are assisting local rescue crews in the search for a kayaker missing in Kapa’a Beach Park since Saturday evening.
The kayaker, Miguel Serrino, 26, from the Big Island, was last seen wearing multi-colored shorts and a dark blue T-shirt.
The Coast Guard currently has an HH-65 rescue helicopter [...]

Coast Guard aircrew rescues 2 near Cape May, N.J.

CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday who were aboard a 72-foot boat adrift 14 miles off the coast here.
Rescued was Colin Clement and John Livingston.

Fishing vessel disabled in Gulf of Alaska, Coast Guard responding

JUNEAU, Alaska – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR is responding to a disabled fishing vessel 270 miles southeast of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska today.

Coast Guard searching for missing crewmember

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a crewmember who reportedly went missing in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, 12-miles south of Terrebonne Bay.

Coast Guard rescues 3 People from sailing vessel inside Oregon Inlet, N.C.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued three people from a sailing vessel that was malfunctioning in heavy weather near Oregon Inlet today.

Coast Guard rescues 5 in Chesapeake Bay

Coast Guard rescues 5 in Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard rescued five people south of the Bay Bridge in Annapolis, Md., Sunday.
Coast Guard Sector Baltimore was notified that five people aboard a 28-foot bayliner were lost, seasick and the vessel was disabled. The Coast Guard talked to the owner, An Tran, who said they [...]