Air Station Cape Cod holds Air Medal ceremony for heroic, lifesaving efforts

Air Station Cape Cod holds Air Medal ceremony for heroic, lifesaving efforts
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod crew poses for a photo with Representative William Keating (D-MA-9), and Rear Adm. Steven Poulin, commander, First Coast Guard District, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Cape Cod. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi) BOSTON — Petty Officer 2nd Class Mario Estevane, an aviation survival technician from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, received...

Coast Guard airlifts man who fell from cliff in Acadia National Park

Coast Guard airlifts man who fell from cliff in Acadia National Park
BOSTON — A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod hoisted a climber Saturday from Acadia National Park in Maine. At about 1:45 p.m., a watchstander from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, the agency responsible for coordinating inland search and rescue, called the Coast Guard after a National Park Service ranger reported a hiker fell from an 80-foot cliff. A rescue team was...

Coast Guard crews receive award for Acadia National Park rescues

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine- The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Adm. Thad Allen, and Sen. Susan Collins will be in Southwest Harbor, Maine, Friday, Nov. 13, to recognize the Coast Guard crews that rescued two people who were swept off the rocks into 20 foot waves at Acadia National Park in August.

Coast Guard saves two in dramatic sea rescue

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine – The Coast Guard saved two lives and searched for a third victim in a dramatic sea rescue Sunday when several victims were swept into the water by a large wave off Acadia National Park, Maine.