Coast Guard medevacs man 130 miles south of Port Fourchon

Coast Guard medevacs man 130 miles south of Port Fourchon
A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk lands on BP’s oil platform Atlantis for a medevac, approximately 130 miles offshore from Port Fourchon, Louisiana, March 17, 2023. The patient had a reported eye injury and was brought to University Medical Center in stable condition. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans) NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a...

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue fisherman

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue fisherman
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon file photo SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard search for an overdue fisherman was suspended pending further developments Wednesday, following a five-day search and rescue operation in the Mona Passage. Still missing is Wilson Negrón, who is the remaining of two fishermen reported overdue in this case. A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescued Luis Eliel Guerra...

Coast Guard rescues three overdue boaters

Coast Guard rescues three overdue boaters
The Coast Guard rescued three overdue boaters Wednesday, near Breton Sound, Louisiana, on Feb. 22, 2023.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Manuel Quintero-Saldarriaga) NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued three overdue boaters on Wednesday from their disabled fishing vessel near Breton Sound, Louisiana. Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report of an overdue 26-foot...

Coast Guard medevacs fishing vessel passenger

Coast Guard medevacs fishing vessel passenger
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter landing in New Orleans, Louisiana. (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Hague) NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard medevaced a fishing vessel passenger approximately 184 miles south of White Lake, Louisiana, Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at 8:12 p.m. Monday night from the fishing...

Coast Guard rescues four overdue boaters near Gulfport

Coast Guard rescues four overdue boaters near Gulfport
A Coast Guard Station Gulfport 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boatcrew comes alongside a disabled 19-foot Mako skiff with four missing boaters aboard in the Gulfport Shipping Channel near Gulfport, Mississippi, on Jan. 31, 2023.  (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo) NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, rescued four overdue boaters, two adults and two children, in...

Coast Guard searching for four overdue boaters near Biloxi

Coast Guard searching for four overdue boaters near Biloxi
Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry file photo by Petty Officer Thomas Blue NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for four overdue boaters in the vicinity of Biloxi Bay near Biloxi, Mississippi, Tuesday. The missing boaters are 42-year-old female Victoria Elizabeth Farr, 37-year-old male Richard Allen, 12-year-old female Piper Nicole Farr, and 11-year-old male Chase...

Coast Guard ends search for man in Cabo Rojo

Coast Guard ends search for man in Cabo Rojo
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Auxiliarist Joseph Feldman. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue units ended their search for a man who fell off a 70-foot coastal cliff near the lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, after a Puerto Rico Emergency Bureau dive unit located and recovered the man’s submerged body Monday afternoon. A Puerto Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action...

Coast Guard searching for man in Cabo Rojo

Coast Guard searching for man in Cabo Rojo
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon file photo SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard air and surface units are searching Monday for a man believed to have fallen off a 70-foot coastal cliff near the lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Edgar Garay, 27, a resident of Indiana, reportedly left from San Juan on a recreational day trip to the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico and was last seen at approximately...

Coast Guard transfers more than 370 people to The Bahamas

Coast Guard transfers more than 370 people to The Bahamas
Coast Guard Cutter Legare’s crew stop this unsafe and overloaded Haitian sail freighter approximately 60 miles south of Andros Island, Bahamas, Jan. 21, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cutter Legare’s crew) MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Legare’s crew transferred 375 Haitians and two Cubans to Bahamian authorities, Tuesday, following rescues in Bahamian waters. Coast Guard Cutter Legare’s...