Coast Guard Station Niagara to receive prestigious award for search and rescue readiness
Youngstown, N.Y. – The crew of Coast Guard Station Niagara in Youngstown, N.Y., is scheduled to receive the Coast Guard’s revered Sumner I. Kimball Readiness Award Monday morning during an official ceremony at the small boat station.
During the 8 a.m. ceremony, presided over by Capt. Steven Wischmann, commander of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo, the station crew will be officially recognized...
Coast Guardsmen saves 4 people after smoking boat causes concern for explosion
CLEVELAND – A U.S. Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Niagara, N.Y., brought four people safely to shore after three of them jumped into the Niagara River, fearing the boat they was about to burst into flames Thursday afternoon.
The 911 dispatcher who notified the communications watchstander at Station Niagara at 12:30 p.m., received a call from a good Samaritan who witnessed people entering the water...
Coast Guard rescues 4 from capsized vessel at mouth of Niagara River
CLEVELAND – A U.S. Coast Guard rescue crew plucked four boaters out of the water after their 22-foot pleasure craft capsized at the mouth of the Niagara River near Lewiston, N.Y., Saturday morning.
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Niagara, in Youngstown, N.Y., were contacted at 6:50 a.m. by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office who had received a cell phone call from someone on a vessel...
