Coast Guard rescues 19 people, assists 14 others during Lake Erie storms
USCG File Photo
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard crews rescued 19 people and escorted 14 back to shore in four separate weather-related cases on Lake Erie involving capsized vessels, Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector Detroit command center received notification of a pontoon boat, with 12 adults aboard, that was hit by rough seas and taking on water about a mile off of Gem Beach on Catawba Island, north of Sandusky,...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing woman on Lake Erie
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a woman who went missing after presumably falling overboard from a 52-foot boat on Lake Erie, Sunday.
Captain Joseph DuFresne, commander of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, announced the suspension after the Coast Guard and partnering agencies conducted a search for almost 30 hours covering the equivalent of more than 1,400 square miles.
“With...
Coast Guard, local agencies continue search for missing woman on Lake Erie
A MH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit File photo by Seaman Brooke Sauers
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Crews from the Coast Guard and local agencies continue the search for a missing woman on Lake Erie, Monday.
Search efforts for the missing woman continued late Sunday with a crew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit aboard a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter. The aircrew searched until a crew...
Body of missing kayaker recovered in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard ended its search for an overdue kayaker after the man’s body was recovered from Lake Erie late Tuesday morning.
Dead is Andrew Lasek.
“The Coast Guard extends our deepest condolences to the families, friends and anyone else affected by this tragedy,” said Capt. Brian Roche, commander of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo. “I would like to thank Mr....
Coast Guard Station Erie, West Lake Fire Department rescue 14-year-old in Misery Bay near Erie
CLEVELAND – Coast Guard crews rescued a 14-year-old boy who became stranded in Misery Bay near Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, Thursday afternoon.
Around 1 p.m., the Presque Isle Park Rangers notified a watchstander at Coast Guard Station Erie of a 14-year-old boy who was stranded in Misery Bay. The boy was hunting on shore with his father and went out into the bay in a paddle craft...
Coast Guard rescues 2 off flooding boat in Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — Coast Guard members rescued two men who were aboard a 23-foot boat that began flooding near Conneaut, Ohio, in Lake Erie late Wednesday afternoon.
Just after 5 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, New York, heard a mayday broadcast over VHF-FM marine radio from a 23-foot vessel with two men aboard that was flooding near the Conneaut Harbor breakwall.
Sector watchstanders...
Coast Guard has busy weekend on eastern Great Lakes
CLEVELAND – The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rescued two people, medically evacuated one person, and assisted four others in four separate emergency cases in the eastern Great Lakes region this weekend.
At 11 p.m., Saturday, a search-and-rescue controller at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo received notification from the crew aboard a Coast Guard Auxiliary...
Coast Guard assists 8 people in 3 separate cases in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard assisted 8 people in 3 separate cases, Saturday, along the Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania shores of Lake Erie.
At about 3:30 p.m., a boatcrew, from Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor aboard a 45-foot response boat responded to a report of a windsurfer in distress near the Cleveland Harbor entrance. The boat crew located the windsurfer and helped him board the...
Good Samaritan rescues 4 adults from Lake Erie
CLEVELAND – A Good Samaritan boater rescued four adults from Lake Erie, about 8 miles north of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, and the Coast Guard transported the boaters safely to shore Friday morning.
At about 9:20 a.m., a search-and-rescue coordinator from Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, New York, responded to a mayday call over VHF-FM radio channel 16 from the operator of a 25-foot pleasure craft reporting...
