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Posts on ‘May 24th, 2009’

Coast Guard rescues 3 adults, 2 children

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard rescued five people from Lake George, Fla., Sunday after inclement weather caused their boat to capsize at approximately 5 p.m.

Coast Guard searches for swimmer

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard is searching for a swimmer who disappeared at Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sunday at approximately 1 p.m.

Coast Guard medevacs 1 from cruise ship in Chesapeake Bay

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard medevaced a woman Sunday from a ship in the Chesapeake Bay.

Good Samaritan brings wind surfer’s body to shore in N.C.

CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE, N.C. – A Good Samaritan found and pulled a 56-year-old wind surfer’s body to shore in the vicinity of Cape Lookout Lighthouse at about noon Sunday.

Coast Guard suspends search off Carolina Beach, N.C.

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. – The Coast Guard suspended their search, at 3:48 p.m. Sunday, for a missing man off Carolina Beach. Missing is Angel Gonzalez, 19, of Fayetteville, N.C.

Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship

NEW ORLEANS —The Coast Guard medevaced a 50-year-old woman from a cruise ship at approximately 2:30 a.m., approximately 30 miles south of the Southwest Pass on Sunday.

Kick off to summer boating season is a busy one for Coast Guard

NEW YORK- For many boaters, Memorial Day weekend acts as an official start to the boating season. This weekend has also doubled as a very busy search and rescue weekend for the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and maritime partner agencies in the New York and New Jersey Waterway areas.