Coast Guard ends search for man in Cabo Rojo
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Auxiliarist Joseph Feldman.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue units ended their search for a man who fell off a 70-foot coastal cliff near the lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, after a Puerto Rico Emergency Bureau dive unit located and recovered the man’s submerged body Monday afternoon.
A Puerto Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action...
Coast Guard searching for man in Cabo Rojo
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon file photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard air and surface units are searching Monday for a man believed to have fallen off a 70-foot coastal cliff near the lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
Edgar Garay, 27, a resident of Indiana, reportedly left from San Juan on a recreational day trip to the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico and was last seen at approximately...
Coast Guard crews rescue 2 boaters near San Juan
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard surface and air unit combined efforts to rescue two boaters following a vessel capsizing Wednesday morning, approximately six and a half nautical miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Rescued are Stephen McGrath, 54, and Tyler Penfield, 25, who reportedly were fishing for Mahi when a swell came over the bow of the 25-foot vessel Vida Azul causing the vessel...
Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns home from 60-day deployment
Crew members assigned to USCGC Forward (WMEC 911) transport illegal narcotics to the cutter’s onboard storage location in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 11, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Olivia Anthony)
PORTSMOUTH, Va.— The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth Thursday following a 60-day, counterdrug deployment in the central Caribbean...
Coast Guard suspends search for person in the water off Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Barney.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface units suspended a two-day search pending further developments Sunday evening for a person in the water in the vicinity of Playa Escondida near Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
“The fate of the person subject to this search remains unknown,” said Senior Chief Petty...
Coast Guard searches for person in the water Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk search pattern for person in the water off Playa Escondida near Fajardo, Puerto Rico Dec. 10, 2022.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard air and surface units are searching for a person in the water in the vicinity of Playa Escondida near Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan received a 911 call reporting the distress at approximately 5:15 p.m....
Coast Guard rescues man from tide pools in St. Croix
A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew hoists a 65-year-old man who was trapped in a blowhole of the Annaly Bay Carambola tide pools in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Nov. 22, 2022. ( U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard, St. Croix Rescue, Virgin Islands Department of Natural Resources and Virgin Islands Fire Emergency Service units rescued...
Coast Guard medevacs passenger from cruise ship near Puerto Rico
The aircrew of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter hoists a 78-year-old man, U.S. citizen, from the MS Rotterdam cruise ship during a medical evacuation Nov. 13, 2022, approximately nine nautical miles southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard conducted the medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) of a cruise ship passenger from the MS Rotterdam cruise...
Coast Guard ends search for survivor of illegal voyage
A Coast Guard Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement boat crew searches Oct. 26, 2022 for eight of 10 non-citizens of an illegal voyage vessel who reportedly abandoned in the water inside San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico Oct. 25, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews ended the search for survivors Wednesday afternoon, after an illegal voyage vessel reportedly...
