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Posts on ‘October 18th, 2009’

Fourth missing boater rescued in Lake Pontchartrain

NEW ORLEANS — Saint Tammany’s Parish Water Patrol rescued a missing boater from Lake Pontchartrain at approximately11:30 a.m., Sunday, nearly 24 hours after his boat capsized in Lake Pontchartrain.

Coast Guard searching for master of fishing vessel

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – The Coast Guard is searching for a 60-year-old man who fell overboard from a fishing vessel 20 miles from South Padre Island Saturday night.

Commercial fishing vessel aground on Channel Island’s Hollywood Beach

CHANNEL ISLANDS, Calif. – The Coast Guard has received a report of the grounding of a 42-foot commercial fishing vessel on Oxnard’s Hollywood Beach early Sunday morning, October 18, 2009, with two people aboard.

Coast Guard rescues three, searches for one in Lake Pontchartrain

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and Saint Tammany’s Parish Sherrif’s Office rescued a 5-year-old boy, a 13-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man after their vessel capsized in Lake Pontchartrain Saturday. The Coast Guard continues to search for a 72-year-old man who is still missing.

 Coast Guard repatriates 16 Dominicans to La Romana, Dominican Republic

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke repatriated 16 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic Saturday, following an at-sea interdiction by Caribbean Border Interagency Group CBIG Law Enforcement authorities Thursday.