LOS ANGELES – This past weekend the Coast Guard and other rescuers searched the waters about 100 feet from a breakwater in southern California for a man who fell overboard from a small boat. The man was not wearing a lifejacket. Unfortunately stories like this are not that uncommon, boaters and their [...]
Posts on ‘October 21st, 2008’
Help Wanted: Join the CG Auxiliary
This Coast Guard Auxiliary recruiting video was created for the 13th Coast Guard District but it applies to the rest of the country also. No matter where you live, the Coast Guard Auxiliary needs your help.
Coast Guard search for missing Big Island kayaker continues
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard will continue searching tonight and tomorrow for a kayaker last seen Saturday near Kapa’a Beach Park on the Big Island.
Searchers aboard U.S. Coast Guard and Navy aircraft and aboard a Coast Guard cutter will have searched more than 12,000 square miles — an area approximately three times the size [...]
Coast Guard airlifts injured logger near La Push – with Video
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard airlifted an injured logger near La Push, Wash., Tuesday.
Coast Guard rescues hunters from Montague Island – with Video
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard received notification over VHF-Channel 16 radio at 5:48 a.m. Saturday that two hunters were stranded on Montague Island in Prince William Sound.
Robert Hayes Rescue Video
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. The Coast Guard received a call at 4:06 p.m. from a crewmember aboard the Robert E. Hayes reporting they were disabled and adrift. A [...]
Coast Guard searching for missing diver
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is searching this evening for a diver that reportedly went missing in the Potomac River.
The Coast Guard received a report at about 3 p.m. that a diver with the Fairfax County State Police Marine Unit went missing during a training mission near Gunston Cove in the Potomac River just south [...]