New Hampshire man receives Silver Lifesaving Medal
NEW YORK – Capt. Gordon Loebl, commander, Coast Guard Sector New York, presented George Chait with the Silver Lifesaving Medal May 20, 2013, at Battery Park, N.Y.
Chait was awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for his heroic action while attempting to rescue a couple caught in a rip current in Savannah Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, Jan. 6, 2012.
Chait observed two people struggling...
Coast Guard rescues distressed snorkeler in the British Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a distressed snorkeler Tuesday afternoon stranded on the uninhabited island of Fallen Jerusalem, British Virgin Islands.
The rescued snorkeler was a 38 year-old man, U.S. citizen, who reportedly went missing Monday afternoon while snorkeling with his brother to Blinder’s Rock, approximately 1,200 yards south of the island of Virgin...
Coast Guard suspends search for survivors from migrant vessel off Tortola, British Virgin Islands
USCG file photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday afternoon for additional survivors from an alleged migrant vessel that ran aground on a reef shortly after midnight Monday morning near the outer entrance of Paraquita Bay in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
In total, British Virgin Islands’ rescue crews recovered five bodies including three adults and two children....
Coast Guard searching for survivors from migrant vessel off Tortola, British Virgin Islands
USCG file photoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Coast Guard crews are assisting British Virgin Islands authorities in the search for additional survivors from an alleged migrant vessel that ran aground on a reef Monday near the outer entrance of Paraquita Bay in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
So far, British Virgin Islands’ rescue crews have recovered five bodies including three adults and two children....
Coast Guard awards Meritorious Public Service Award to six British Virgin Islands Residents
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard recognized six British Virgin Islands’ Good Samaritans during an awards presentation Friday at the Premier’s Office in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Coast Guard Auxiliary and a Good Samaritan combine efforts to rescue British Virgin Islands fisherman
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard Auxiliary aircrew and a Good Samaritan Vessel combined efforts Wednesday night to rescue a British Virgin Islands overdue fisherman, in waters northeast of Anegada Island, British Virgin Islands.
Coast Guard searching for overdue fisherman from British Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard crews are searching Monday for a British Virgin Islands’ overdue fisherman, after he reportedly failed to return from a fishing trip in waters approximately 28 nautical miles south of Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Coast Guard searches for 10 Haitians after boat breaks apart
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching Tuesday for 10 Haitian migrants in British Virgin Islands waters, after their vessel collided with shoal water Monday evening and broke apart throwing all the passengers on board into the water.
