JUNEAU, Alaska — Divers from the Sitka Fire Dept. Rescue Dive Team located the body of 16 year-old Austin Kesterson Monday around 3:50 p.m. near the Gustavus pier where his jeep was found abandoned in the waters of Icy Passage Sunday.
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Coast Guard continues search for missing boater near Catalina Island
CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. – The search continues for Lawrence Nash, a boater who went missing north of Catalina Island earlier this morning.
Coast Guard announces final rule for Alternate Compliance Program
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship announced May 4, 2009, the publication of a final rule amending Coast Guard regulations relating to the Alternate Compliance Program.
Coast Guard holds public meeting on identification credential Readers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard will hold a public meeting scheduled for Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Va., 22202, to receive comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking entitled “Transportation Worker Identification Credential TWIC — Reader Requirements.”
Coast Guard searching for missing boater near Catalina Island
CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. — Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach and Baywatch Avalon are searching for a missing person half of a mile north of Catalina Island today.
Coast Guard rescues man after 5 hours in water near Apollo Beach
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued a 43-year-old man Monday around midnight after he fell from his vessel Sunday around 6 p.m. and spent five hours treading water near Apollo Beach, Fla.
Coast Guard rescues survivor of boat explostion after receiving EPIRB distress signal
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing rescued a man aboard a life raft Sunday morning after his vessel caught on fire, exploded and sunk 20 nautical miles south of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.