Coast Guard suspends search for 21-year-old man near Lorain, Ohio
Coast Guard Station Lorain 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Chief Petty Officer Andrew Coppa
CLEVELAND – Coast Guard air and surface crews suspended the search efforts for a 21-year-old male on Lake Erie near Lakeview Beach, Ohio.
The man was last seen in the water attempting to swim out and rescue a 15-year-old male who was seen disappearing below the surface just off Lakeview Beach in...
Coast Guard members rescue man from burning vehicle in Lorain
U.S. Coast Guard Station Lorain crew members rescued a 19-year-old male from a burning vehicle outside the station in Lorain, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2021. The cause of the incident is under investigation. (Photo courtesy of Lorain Police Department)
CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard Station Lorain crew members rescued a 19-year-old male after a car accident occurred outside the station in Lorain, Ohio, Aug. 2,...
Coast Guard searching for missing boater in Lake Erie off Vermilion, Ohio
Coast Guard Station Marblehead 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Phillip Null)
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard, along with local authorities, is currently searching for a missing boater off of Vermilion, Ohio.
Watchstanders in Coast Guard Sector Detroit Command Center received a call from local Erie County Sheriffs about 9 p.m., Friday, stating that an unmanned boat,...
Coast Guard ends active search for overdue kayakers in Western Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard has ended its active search Wednesday morning in Lorain, Ohio, for two overdue kayakers who were expected back Tuesday night and did not return.
Missing is Nicole Launert, 27, and Mike Smith, 30.
The search was ended after a reporter found the two missing kayaks neatly stowed approximately 100 feet from Grumpy’s Bait and Tackle boat launch in the woods Wednesday...
Coast Guard, City of Lorain discuss changes to local Coast Guard operations
LORAIN, Ohio — Representatives with the U.S. Coast Guard, City of Lorain, and Lorain area response agencies met in Lorain Tuesday morning to discuss a Coast Guard proposal to optimize its response capabilities by adjusting how it operates Coast Guard Station Lorain in the future.
Under the proposed plan, Station Lorain will remain staffed with response crews Friday through Sunday during the summer...
Inclement weekend weather source of numerous Great Lakes searches and rescues
CLEVELAND — Boaters caught in inclement weather and unmarked watercraft breaking free and floating off shore across the Great Lakes region caused numerous Coast Guard searches and rescues during the weekend.
The Coast Guard encourages everyone, regardless of boating experience, ability or vessel type, to check current and forecast weather before heading out onto the water, and encourages owners...
Coast Guard and partners respond to 46 search and rescue cases across the Great Lakes
Cleveland – Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary crews, partner rescue agencies and good Samaritans across the Great Lakes responded to more than 46 cases of mariners in distress this past weekend.
Coast Guard crews rescued 12 people across the Lakes.
At 10:23 p.m., Friday, a rescue crew from Coast Guard Station Fairport, Ohio, aboard a 25-foot response boat, responded to a report of two people...
Coast Guard, local fire department rescue teen stranded on Avon, Ohio breakwall
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard rescued a 16-year old boy from Lake Erie, Friday afternoon, after he became stranded on a breakwall near Avon, Ohio.
Just after 3 p.m., search-and-rescue controllers at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo received a report of two people stranded on the breakwall at Avon Point after their personal watercraft broke down and they were blown by the wind onto the breakwall.
The search-and-rescue...
Coast Guard rescues 3, removes 3 drunk boaters during busy Saturday on the Great Lakes
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued two, assisted four, conducted a medevac and cited three boaters for boating under the influence during patrols throughout the Great Lakes region, Saturday.
At about 11:40 a.m., Coast Guard Station Lorain, Ohio, responded to a sailing vessel with two people aboard taking on water near the mouth of the Black River. The rescue boat crew, aboard a 25-foot response...
