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Posts on ‘September 19th, 2009’

Body of San Francisco windsurfer recovered

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the body of a San Francisco windsurfer two and a half miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge at 6:18 p.m., today.

Coast Guard rescues hang glider pilot

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued a hang glider pilot who had crashed on the shoreline of Cape Lookout, near Tillamook, Ore., at approximately 5:41 p.m. Friday.

Coast Guard searches for 2 overdue in the Hampton Roads area

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Coast Guard crews continue to search Saturday for two people overdue from a boating trip on the Elizabeth River in an 18-foot boat from the Jordan boat ramp in Chesapeake.

Good Samaritan rescues 8 near Cape May, N.J.

CAPE MAY, N.J. – A Good Samaritan rescued eight people who were aboard a sinking 48-foot boat 55 miles east of Cape May Saturday.

Good Samaritins help charter boat off New Hampshire

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine- Two Coast Guard boat crews responded to a call for help from a 60-foot charter fishing boat that was taking on water about 20 miles southeast of Portsmouth, N.H., around 3:40 p.m., Saturday.

Coast Guard medevacs Indian Citizen from a Panamanian vessel south of Kodiak

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kodiak-based Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew medevaced a 34-year-old male who reportedly severed part of his left index finger while aboard the 653-foot Panama flagged merchant vessel Apollon Leader while transiting through the Gulf of Alaska, Saturday.

Coast Guard suspends search for possible overboard owner of bicycle

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard suspended its search for for the owner of a bicycle left on the Washington State Ferry Hyak, after the 6:45 p.m. sailing from Seattle to Bremerton, Wash., Friday.