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Posts on ‘July 28th, 2009’

Coast Guard crew rescues man near Brigantine, N.J.

BRIGANTINE, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued a 47-year-old male Tuesday near the Brigantine Bridge in Brigantine Bay after his Jet Ski ran aground.

Coast Guard rescues one, recovers two others from Lake Saint Claire

St. Claire Shores, Mich.–Three men went swimming off a boat on Lake Saint Claire this afternoon. A woman, who was with them aboard the boat, hailed the Coast Guard at approximately 3 p.m. after she lost sight of the three who were swimming nearby.

CG works with other agencies to clean up tar balls near Corpus Christi

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi personnel and federal, state and local officials are responding to the discovery of tar balls that washed ashore along a 100-mile-stretch of coastline from Port Mansfield to Port Aransas, July 28, 2009.

Coast Guard locates missing rafters on Wilson River

ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard located four missing rafters on the Wilson River near Tilamook, Ore., Tuesday.
Group/Air Station Astoria received a request for assistance from the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office in the search for two men and two children who were overdue from a rafting trip at approximately 11:58 p.m. Monday.

Coast Guard responds to boat sinking in Sheepscot River, Maine

BOSTON – A Station Boothbay Harbor 25-foot response boat crew responded to where a 15-foot boat sank in the Sheepscot River about five miles from Boothbay Harbor Tuesday at 1:10 p.m.

Coast Guard crew rescues 6 near Indian River, Del.

INDIAN RIVER, Del. – The Coast Guard rescued six people Tuesday after their 23-foot boat lost engine power and ran aground near Indian River, Del.

Coast Guard searches for two Dominican fishermen after their vessel capsizes at sea

San Juan, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for two Dominican fishermen Tuesday, after their fishing boat reportedly capsized Monday evening approximately 17 nautical miles southwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.