Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship 60 miles off Virginia Beach
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 63-year-old woman Wednesday from a cruise ship about 60 miles east of Virginia Beach.
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received a call from the 778-foot, Holland America Line MS Rotterdam at about 7:23 a.m., stating a woman was reportedly suffering stroke-like symptoms.
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing passenger from Holland America Line cruise ship Eurodam
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews ended their search Friday evening for a 42-year-old man from Wash., who went missing Thursday morning from the cruise ship Eurodam, approximately 80 nautical miles northwest of Puerto Rico.
Still missing is passenger Jason Gregory Rappe, after more than 2,000 square miles were searched by multiple Coast Guard search and rescue crews as...
Southeast Alaska Mass Rescue Exercise 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska – The City of Ketchikan Alaska, Holland America Line, Customs and Border Protection, and Coast Guard Sector Juneau have initiated planning efforts to jointly sponsor a mass rescue exercise simulating the joint response to the evacuation of a cruise ship in Southeast Alaska.
