Posts Tagged ‘Air Station Houston’

Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship 180-miles off Galveston coast

November 30th, 2008

HOUSTON - The Coast Guard medevaced a 52-year-old male off the Carnival cruise ship Conquest, approximately 180-miles southeast off the coast of Galveston, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008.

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Coast Guard assists Liberty County Sheriff’s Office with medevac

November 29th, 2008

HOUSTON - The Coast Guard assisted the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office with a medevac of a 49-year-old female at the intersection of highways 146 and 105 in Liberty County, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008.

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One Veterans Story - Shane Moore’s monumental moment

November 11th, 2008

by Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello

Hurricane Ike was a natural disaster that will long be etched in the minds of Texans for years to come. Thousands of Galveston-area residents suffered devastating loss. For Petty Officer 3rd Class Shane Moore, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, the events of Hurricane Ike will be etched for a lifetime in his memory, but for a different reason. Moore, a 23-year-old Cabot, Ark., native, earned the first rescue of his rescue swimmer career during the course of Hurricane Ike.

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The ferocious will to live

November 10th, 2008

by Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello

In the early morning hours of June 6, 2008, Steven Conway, a retired Coast Guard commander, assessed his situation. Moments before everything was going so very right, and now everything was going so very wrong. Moments ago he was enjoying the company of his fellow crewmembers.  Now four of his fellow crewmembers were bobbing alongside Conway in the Gulf of Mexico, and a sixth crewmember was missing.  The events that transpired over the following days formed an equation like none other:
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Video - Coast Guard Transports Hurricane Ike Survivors

September 12th, 2008

HOUSTON - An Air Station Houston HH-65C rescue helicopter crew transports survivors of Hurricane Ike to the air station, Sept. 12, 2008. The survivors were rescued from Bolivar Peninsula off the coast of Galveston Bay by the helicopter crew.

Coast Guard video by Petty Officer Stephen Lehmann, video edited/Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello.


Video - Overflight of Southeastern Texas Coastline

September 12th, 2008

HOUSTON - In this video by the U.S. Coast Guard, an Air Station Houston HH-65C rescue helicopter crew conducts an overflight of the southeastern Texas coastline scanning for residents needing assistance and documenting flood waters, Sept. 12, 2008.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston video/edited by Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello



Video - Bolivar Penninsula Rescue

September 12th, 2008

HOUSTON - In this video by the U.S. Coast Guard, an Air Station Houston HH-65C rescue helicopter crew hoists two children and four adults from the storm surge caused by Hurricane Ike in the Bolivar Penninsula, Sept. 12, 2008.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston video; Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello

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Crystal Beach Coast Guard Rescue

September 12th, 2008

Houston - An Air Station Houston HH-65 rescue helicopter crew rescues one adult and a dog in Crystal Beach, Texas along the southern Texas coast during the morning before the arrival of Hurricane Ike.

US Coast Guard Video edited by Petty Officer Renee Aiello.