CLEVELAND – In this video from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, more than 100 ice fisherman are stranded on an ice floe in Western Lake Erie near Oak Harbor, Ohio. The U.S. Coast Guard and numerous Ohio state, county and local responders recovered 134 people from an 8-mile ice floe.
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Coast Guard responds to woman falling from cliff
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a request for assistance from the North County Fire Department after a woman fell from her horse while riding along the cliffs near Fort Funston, just south of the San Francisco Zoo, this afternoon.
Station Juneau and Juneau Flotilla members participate in “Kid Safe” Saturday
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guardsmen and Coast Guard Auxiliary members participate in “Kid Safe” Saturday, which is a local community event sponsored by Bartlett Regional Hospital here. “Kid Safe” Saturday is an event where over 20 organizations such as the Juneau Police Department, Alaska State Troopers, Capital City Fire & Rescue, Airlift Northwest Air [...]
Coast Guard Foils Attempt to Smuggle Drugs
SAN DIEGO – An estimated 427 pounds of marijuana has been seized by the U.S. Coast Guard in international waters off the coast of Baja California after patrol aircraft and cutters disrupted an apparent smuggling operation.
New Coast Guard asset conducts first SAR case
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard ushered in two historic firsts Friday night when its newest maritime patrol aircraft, the HC-144A Ocean Sentry, stood the watch for the first time and responded to a distress notification from a 78-foot fishing vessel located approximately 228 miles southwest of Mobile, Friday Feb. 5, 2009, in the Gulf [...]
Multiple agencies respond to hundreds of people stranded on ice floe
CLEVELAND – The U.S. Coast Guard, and multiple state and local agencies are attempting to rescue several hundred people stranded on an ice floe in western Lake Erie near Oak Harbor, Ohio.