Coast Guard responds to parasailing accident near Pigeon Key

Coast Guard 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement file photo by PA3 James Judge
MIAMI — Coast Guard Station Marathon boat crews, partner agencies and a good Samaritan recovered a deceased woman and rescued two children after a parasail allided with Seven Mile Bridge, Monday, near Pigeon Key.
A good Samaritan arrived on scene, took the three parasailers aboard and brought them to Sunset Grill...
Coast Guard repatriates 99 people to Cuba

Coast Guard Station Key West’s crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders about 7 miles south of Key West, Florida, May 29, 2022. The people were repatriated May 31, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard Station Key West crew)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark’s crew repatriated 99 Cubans to Cuba, Tuesday, following seven interdictions off the Florida Keys.
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144...
Coast Guard repatriates 124 people to Haiti

Coast Guard Cutter Diligence’s stopped this 35-ft Haitian sailing vessel approximately 17 miles NW Cap du Mole, Haiti, May 28, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Diligence’s crew repatriated 124 Haitians to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday, after being stopped approximately 17 miles northwest of Cap du Mole.
Diligence’s crew arrived on scene and provided the...
Coast Guard names Westport, WA, 28th Coast Guard City

Rear Adm. Melvin Bouboulis, Commander, 13th Coast Guard District, presides over an official Coast Guard City ceremony at the Westport Maritime Muse (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard held a ceremony Saturday for the 28th Coast Guard City at the Westport Maritime Museum in Westport, Washington.
The City of Westport was originally...
Coast Guard assists in patrolling Solomon Islands EEZ

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard stand watch on the bridge while underway in Oceania.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard assisted the Solomon Islands this week by patrolling their exclusive economic zone while maintenance was being conducted on the Royal Solomon Islands Police Vessel Taro.
The Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew helped to fill the operational presence...
Coast Guard medevacs crewmember 29 miles south of Panama City

Coast Guard 45-Foot Response Boat-Medium file photo
NEW ORLEANS —The Coast Guard medevaced a 70-year-old male Sunday, approximately 29 miles south of Panama City, Florida.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a call via Channel 16 by personnel aboard the fishing vessel Chasensommer that a crewmember collapsed on deck and had stroke-like symptoms. Watchstanders then coordinated the launch...
Coast Guard rescues 5 after Wilmington River boat collision

Coast Guard Air Station Savannah MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Coast Guard and partner agencies rescued five people and assisted in the search for three men, Saturday, after two boats collided with a total of nine people aboard in the Wilmington River just north of Thunderbolt Marina.
Missing are a 37-year-old white male and two early...
Coast Guard assists 33 aboard adrift vessel off Galveston

A Coast Guard Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew tows the Baywatch Too, a dolphin sightseeing vessel that lost its steering near Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas, May 28, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist Glenn Colaco)
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard assisted 33 people aboard an adrift passenger vessel off Galveston, Texas, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston...
Coast Guard repatriates 146 people to Haiti

A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations air crew spotted the grossly overloaded vessel approximately 42 miles southeast of Islamorada, Florida, May 24, 2022. (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant’s crew repatriated 146 Haitians to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Friday, after being stopped approximately 45 miles southeast...