Four boaters rescued from a capsized sailing vessel
Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook 25-Foot Response Boat – Small file photo
NEW YORK – Four boaters were rescued from a capsized sailing vessel Sunday, off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ.
At 1 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard Sector New York command center watchstanders received a distress call from the sailing vessel Eagle. The vessel reported they had run aground and were taking on water.
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Coast Guard responding to vessel fire in Newark
NEWARK — The Newark Fire Department, the Coast Guard, and multiple state and area agencies are continuing their response to a fire in Port Newark on the vehicle carrier ship, Grande Costa D’Avorio.
Coast Guard watch standers at Sector New York received an initial call of a fire on the multi-level vessel at 9:38 PM.
A Coast Guard response boat out of Station New York, along with prevention and response...
Coast Guard to conduct security exercise in Sandy Hook
NEW YORK — Members of the Coast Guard, along with several federal, regional, state and local law enforcement and emergency management agencies are scheduled to come together in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Tuesday, to participate in a full-scale exercise designed to enhance coordination in conducting responses to emergent threats in the Port of New York and New Jersey, New York Harbor and surrounding...
Coast Guard presents awards in evacuation of the Sandy Ground
New York Police Department Harbor Unit members participate in an award ceremony at Whitehall Ferry Terminal in New York City, March 9, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Schultz)
NEW YORK – The Coast Guard presented Public Service Commendations and Certificates of Merit Thursday at the Whitehall Terminal in Manhattan to the New York City Police and Fire Departments, and...
Coast Guard presents Meritorious Public Service Award
Beni Nedrick is presented a Meritorious Public Service Award by Capt. Zeita Merchant the Captain of the Port of New York and Coast Guard Sector New York commander, Dec. 19 2022, at the New York City Harbor School, on Governors Island, New York. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Logan Kaczmarek) (This photo has been color corrected and cropped to represent the original scene.)
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Coast Guard to be featured service for NY Veterans Day Parade
Members of Coast Guard Sector New York stand at attention while marching in the New York City Veterans Day Parade, also known as America’s Parade, Nov. 11, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Iannazzo-Simmons)
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is slated to be the featured service during the Veterans Day Parade in Manhattan Friday, and is scheduled to host additional events...
Coast Guard urges safety after fatal Hudson River boating accident
NEW YORK — The U.S. Coast Guard is urging personal boating safety after a tragic fatal boating accident in the Hudson River on Tuesday afternoon.
The U.S. Coast Guard, along with New York Police Department, New York Fire Department and local ferry operators, responded to an overturned vessel in the Hudson River that left two dead and two critically injured Tuesday afternoon.
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Body of missing kayaker recovered in Orchard Beach, New York
Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter file photo
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard recovered the body of a missing kayaker in the water near Orchard Beach Tuesday afternoon.
The kayaker, 45-year-old Laurence Broderick, reportedly left Hempstead in his red kayak at approximately 9 p.m. Monday night enroute to Mamaroneck, and was reported overdue Tuesday morning. Later that morning, his kayak was found containing...
Coast Guard searching for missing kayaker in Hempstead, New York
Coast Guard Cutter Beluga file photo
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue kayaker in the vicinity of Hempstead Harbor.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New York received a report at 5:40 a.m., Tuesday, that 45-year-old Laurence Broderick was overdue from a kayaking trip from the previous night. Broderick reportedly left Hempstead at approximately 9 p.m. Monday night en route...
