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Posts on ‘May 14th, 2009’

Coast Guard suspends search for possible missing people off Boynton Beach

MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday evening for possible missing people in the water off Boynton Beach, Fla., from a vessel that reportedly capsized and sank around 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Coast Guard Conducts Medical Evacuation Off Cruise Ship

SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard conducted a medivac from the cruise ship Carnival Paradise 10 miles west of Point Loma, Calif., this afternoon.

Coast Guard tests Homeport Alert and Warning System

CHICAGO — The U.S. Coast Guard successfully completed a test exercising the Homeport Alert and Warning System (AWS) here Tuesday. The exercise included 27 Chicago-area members of the vessel and regulated facility industry.

Coast Guard seeks public assistance in locating missing kayaker

EASTPORT, Maine – The Coast Guard is looking for any information regarding the whereabouts of Richard Thurlow, a 33-year-old man who went missing after kayaking to Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada Wednesday.

Woman rescued by off duty Coast Guardsmen – video

New London, Conn. – A woman was rescued by three off duty Coast Guardsmen in the Thames River near City Pier here, early this morning.

Coast Guard saves three from fouled sailboat – video

BOSTON – A Coast Guard Jawhawk helicopter crew plucked three people from a 35-foot sailboat today after it got tangled in a fishing net, half of a mile from Lands End, in Newport, R.I.

Coast Guard air crew medically evacuates Kauai man to Oahu

HONOLULU — A U.S. Coast Guard air crew conducted a medical evacuation of a 52-year-old man from the Kauai to Oahu, Thursday.