BALTIMORE – Due to an unusually high number of boaters in distress through the weekend, the Coast Guard reminds boaters to boat smart and boat safe while spending time on the water this summer.
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Coast Guard and F.U.R.A. combine efforts to rescue 3 stranded swimmers
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crews of a Coast Guard helicopter and Puerto Rico Police rescue crews combined efforts to rescue three of five swimmers who were stranded on a reef off Playa Escondida, Fajardo, after the group was taken out by the riptide away from the beach Friday afternoon.
Video – Cliff Rescue by Air Station North Bend
An HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station North Bend, Ore., conducts the rescue of a 15-year-old boy from a cliff north of Chetco River, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
Video – Coast Guard Rescues Two Men and A Dog Rescued
ALAMEDA, Calif. — A crew from Air Station San Francisco rescued two men and their dog January 14 after their pleasure craft ran aground on one of the numerous small islands dotting the waterway near Rio Vista. The two men and their dog were transported to Concord Airport, and were reported in good condition.
Video – Surfers rescued from Yaquina Head, Ore.
An HH-65 helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Facility Newport rescues a man and 13-year-old girl from rocks at Otter Rock near Yaquina Head, Ore., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Group/Air Station North Bend, Ore., received a report from Lincoln County dispatch at 2:32 p.m. that three surfers were trapped on the rocks at Yaquina Head.
Video – Coast Guard Rescues 4 in Gulf of Mexico
An HH-65C rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans airlifts stranded boaters 20 miles south of Gulfport, Miss., in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.
Coast Guard transfers patient to EMS
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. – Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet received a report from the fishing vessel Joan B with an injured crewmember with staph infection. The fishing vessel was not able to make way through the inlet due to draft restrictions. The fishing vessel requested a medical evacuation from Station Hatteras Inlet for an injured [...]