Coast Guard suspends search for man off Aguadilla
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 Hercules aircraft file photo.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard suspended the search pending further developments Friday evening for a man who jumped from a migrant vessel to swim to shore off Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
Still missing is Daniel Pichardo Martínez, 21, Dominican Republic national, who was last seen by two survivors in this case who were...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger
Coast Guard HC-144 file photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard suspended its search at 5:37 p.m. Thursday for a missing cruise ship passenger 150 miles offshore Southwest Pass, Louisiana.
Rescue crews searched more than 2,514 square nautical miles for a combined search time of approximately 14 hours.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 3 p.m., Wednesday reporting...
Hurricane Irene tests air crews in the birthplace of American SAR
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler.
In 1786, a group of visionaries gathered at a Boston tavern with the shared goal of reducing the loss of life at sea. America’s first maritime lifesaving service was born of their initiative, called the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The practices of this agency were used in the creation of the federalized U.S. Life Saving Service,...
Three crewmembers aboard downed helicopter return from Utah
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Family and friends welcomed home Coast Guard crewmembers Saturday at Air Station Elizabeth City. Three of the men that were aboard an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that went down near Salt Lake City return to their home base aboard an HC-130J Hercules aircraft.
