Station Fire Island to name building in honor of Shaun M. Lin

Station Fire Island to name building in honor of Shaun M. Lin
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a building dedication ceremony to rename Coast Guard Station Fire Island’s multi-mission building in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Shaun M. Lin, Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Petty Officer Lin, a distinguished Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran and maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Safety and Security Team New York (MSST 91106), tragically...

Coast Guard locates body of missing jet skier in Great South Bay, New York

Coast Guard locates body of missing jet skier in Great South Bay, New York
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod’s MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Coast Guard located the body of a 52-year-old male, Monday morning, who was reported missing after being last seen underway on a jet ski in Amityville, New York, Sunday evening. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound watchstanders were contacted by Joe Kelly’s wife Monday morning after he did not...

Coast Guard rescues 3 boaters off of Fire Island

Coast Guard rescues 3 boaters off of Fire Island
The Coast Guard rescued three people from their disabled boat off of Fire Island, New York, October 15, 2020. The Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew hoisted the men and transported them to Coast Guard Station Fire Island. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo/released) NEW YORK — The Coast Guard rescued three boaters from a disabled recreational boat caught in rough...

Coast Guard suspends search for missing man in Great South Bay

Coast Guard suspends search for missing man in Great South Bay
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday at 6:50 p.m. for a man who reportedly entered the water after falling off his boat near Heckscher State Park, New York. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received an initial report Monday at approximately 11 p.m. from Suffolk County Fire Rescue Emergency Services (FRES), of a man in his mid-forties...

Coast Guard has a busy weekend in Long Island Sound

Coast Guard has a busy weekend in Long Island Sound
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After a busy weekend off of Long Island, the Coast Guard is reminding the boating public to be prepared and to practice safe boating during the active summer season. In total, the Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to more than 20 cases of mariners in distress and 18 persons in the water wearing lifejackets after severe weather swept through western Connecticut and Long...

Coast Guard conducts medevac near Fire Island, N.Y.

Coast Guard conducts medevac near Fire Island, N.Y.
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Dougherty NEW YORK — Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fire Island medically evacuated two individuals from a barge in Fire Island Inlet, Monday evening. Watchstanders at Station Fire Island received notification from the Barge Reggie at approximately 5:00 p.m., stating a suspected malfunction of a barge...

Coast Guard rescues 3 from capsized vessel near Fire Island

Coast Guard rescues 3 from capsized vessel near Fire Island
Seaman Tristan Beatty comforts a dog after the boat he was in capsized near Cedar Beach, New York, Oct. 6, 2018. The dog, along with a 47-year-old man and a boy were rescued by a boatcrew from Station Fire Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Fire Island/Released) NEW YORK — Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fire Island rescued two people and a dog after their boat capsized off...

Coast Guard medevacs man south of Fire Island Inlet, New York

Coast Guard medevacs man south of Fire Island Inlet, New York
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki NEW YORK – A Coast Guard boatcrew medically evacuated a 17-year-old boy suffering Saturday afternoon south of Fire Island Inlet, New York. At approximately 12:15 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a report stating a young man aboard a Laura Lee Express was experiencing...

Coast Guard suspends search for man missing off Long Beach, N.Y.

Coast Guard suspends search for man missing off Long Beach, N.Y.
U.S. Coast Guard file photo NEW YORK — The Coast Guard suspended their search Monday night for a 30-year-old man missing in the waters off Long Beach, New York. Missing is Neil Gibbons, a native of Ireland. Gibbons was last seen swimming with friends off Long Beach, in the vicinity of Long Beach Boulevard, at 2 a.m., Monday. The friends made it safely to shore and called 911. Nassau County dispatchers...