Coast Guard rescues hiker injured by falling boulder
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 helicopter file photo
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard medevaced a male hiker from Iron Cap Mountain Sunday night after a boulder rolled over him resulting in serious injury.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Sector Puget Sound received an agency assist request from King County emergency management officials at about 4 p.m. Sunday concerning a hiker who sustained...
Coast Guard rescues injured hiker from Olympic National Park
A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew transfers an injured hiker’s care to emergency medical personnel at the air station in Port Angeles, Washington,, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 17-year-old hiker from Olympic National Park shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday after he fell and sustained knee and...
Coast Guard aircrew assists injured hiker off Bone Mountain
Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo
NORTH BEND, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted an injured man Saturday afternoon off Bone Mountain.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Sector North Bend hoisted the man to safety and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services at Roseburg Regional Airport in neighboring Douglas County.
At 4:18 p.m., watchstanders at the...
Coast Guard conducts inland rescue of injured hiker near Coos Bay, Oregon
WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued a woman who suffered a leg injury while hiking Quail Creek Park near Coos Bay, Ore., Wednesday.
A Coast Guard Sector North Bend MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew successfully hoisted the 69-year-old woman and transported her to awaiting emergency medical services at the Grants Pass Airport for further medical care.
Watchstanders at Sector North Bend received...
Coast Guard rescues injured hiker from Washington Olympic Mountains
WARRENTON, Ore., — The Coast Guard rescued an injured hiker on the south slope of the Olympic Mountain in Washington, Monday.
The hiker, who reportedly suffered a broken ankle, was transported to by a Coast Guard Air Station Astoria MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to the Olympia, Washington, airport where he was met by emergency medical services for further medical care.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard...
Coast Guard rescues injured hiker in Olympic National Park
SEATTLE — A rescue aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., rescued a 60-year-old male that reportedly suffered a broken ankle while hiking in Olympic National Park near Starbuck Mine, Wash., Sunday afternoon.
A member of the U.S. Forest Service, who was on-scene with the man and rendered first aid, requested Coast Guard assistance through the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center.
The...
Coast Guard rescues injured hiker near Mussel Rock
DALY CITY, Calif., – The Coast Guard conducted an emergency rescue for an injured hiker on the coastal cliffs near Mussel Rock early Sunday morning.
The San Mateo County Fire Department requested the Coast Guard’s assistance to search for the missing hiker. The Coast Guard launched a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco at approximately 6:15 a.m. to support search...
Coast Guard rescues injured hiker stranded in Olympic Mountains since Saturday
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued an injured hiker, Wednesday, that had been stranded in the Olympic Mountains near Port Angeles, Wash., since Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a request from Olympic National Park for a medevac of a 32-year-old male hiker near Aurora Ridge in the vicinity of Crescent Lake at approximately 4 p.m.
The hiker, who reportedly fell 150 feet and suffered...
Coast Guard rescues injured hiker north of Packwood, Washington
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued an injured hiker approximately seven miles north of Packwood, Wash., Saturday.
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, located in Astoria, received a report from Lewis County, Wash., stating a hiker had fallen approximately 100 feet down a ravine south of Mount Ranier in the vicinity of Tatoosh Lake. The fallen hiker, who remained visible to his hiking companion,...
