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...

Coast Guard rescues 55 migrants stranded on Monito Island

Coast Guard rescues 55 migrants stranded on Monito Island
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez Over the Horizon boat rescues a group of 55 migrants Jan. 19, 2023, who were left stranded by smugglers on Monito Island, Puerto Rico.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez rescued 55 migrants Thursday, who were left abandoned and stranded by smugglers on the uninhabited natural...

Coast Guard rescues crewmember 40 miles offshore Destin

Coast Guard rescues crewmember 40 miles offshore Destin
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann. NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued a 39-year-old male crewmember approximately 40 miles offshore Destin, Florida, Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Mobile watchstanders received a distress call over VHF-FM channel 16 at 11:15 a.m. from the crew aboard the motor vessel No Pressure stating a crewmember was suffering...

Coast Guard repatriates 75 people to Cuba

Coast Guard repatriates 75 people to Cuba
An interdicted migrant voyage about 16 miles south of Duck Key, Florida, Dec. 30, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Jan. 4, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Pablo Valent’s crew repatriated 75 migrants to Cuba, Wednesday, following interdictions off Florida’s coast. Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 law enforcement aircrew alerted Sector Key West...