HOUSTON – The Coast Guard responded to a fire onboard a fishing vessel 10-miles off the coast of Galveston, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008.
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Video – Welcome Home Chief Bazis
As thousands of troops return home from Iraq in time for the holidays, one Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer received a heroes welcome. The Pentagon Channel reports that the entire town turned out to welcome home Chief Petty Officer Michael Bazis.
One killed, one hurt after workboat collides with barge
HoumaToday reports that:
LAROSE — One person is dead and another inhured after a workboat collided with a barge in a canal off the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Larose, Coast Guard officials confirm.
The incident occurred around 3 a.m. when the boat, described as a small crewboat named “Washington” struck a barge believed to have been [...]
Coast Guard assists in search for woman who jumped from Portland bridge
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office River Patrol and the Portland Fire Department searched for a woman who jumped from the Burnside Bridge near downtown Portland, Ore., Saturday.
Coast Guard aircrew rescues man stuck in the mud
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued a man Saturday who was stuck standing in mud half a mile south of Avalon Boulevard in Middle Township, N.J.