By Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly Parker
In less than a second an electric current containing a three-second message traveled approximately two miles, across the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest.
The signal began its journey from a marine radio tuned to emergency channel-16 in Peacock Spit, an ocean bar just off the southernmost tip of [...]
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Six Words in Three Seconds Provide a Path to Mayday
Coast Guard asks for help with distress call
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine- The Coast Guard is looking to the community today for help in an on-going search and rescue case off the coast of Rockland, Maine.
Oyster Bay Mayday Might Have Been A Hoax
NEW YORK-A mayday call prompting a multi-agency rescue response by sea and air is now believed to be a hoax.
The Coast Guard, Suffolk County Police Department and Nassau County Police Department saturated the area near Centre Island, N.Y., after receiving a mayday from a man who said his vessel was taking on water and was [...]