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Coast Guardsman survives Haiti earthquake

by: Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela Manns
Cedestinson Ductan landed at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., 72 hours after the earth shook his world apart. Ductan, a U.S. Coast Guard machinery technician assigned to Station New York, was on leave visiting family and friends in his native Haiti when the earthquake hit.

Coast Guard helping rebuild Haiti’s ports

by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley
An international port is a crossroads of culture, languages and international exchange. A port is a nations lifeline to the world through imports and exports. On Jan. 11, 2010 the international port of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was just this, Haiti’s lifeline to the world with 95-percent of the ports [...]

Sternwheeler Willamette Queen runs aground near Oregon City, Ore.

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard responded to the grounding of the the stern-wheeler Willamette Queen near Oregon City,Ore., Sunday.

Coast Guard rescues five people who fell through the ice on Saginaw Bay

CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard Station Saginaw River rescued five people in Saginaw Bay, Mich., Sunday at approximately 7 p.m.