Coast Guard rescues 3 in Breton Sound
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued three men after their boat sank near Breton Sound, Thursday.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report from the fiancee of one of those rescued at approximately 11 a.m., stating that the 19-foot pleasure craft that the three men were on was sinking and they needed assistance.
A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65C rescue helicopter...
Coast Guard medevacs man from Gulf oil platform
USCG file photoNEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a fishing vessel crewmember from an oil rig platform 80 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, Wednesday, at about 12 a.m.
Rescued was Paul Jarvis, 28.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call from the Vermillion Block 380 Platform Rig at 10 p.m., Tuesday, that a crewman aboard a fishing vessel had reportedly experienced...
Coast Guard searches for female bridge jumper
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Coast Guard in conjunction with the New Orleans Harbor Police began a search for a woman reported to have jumped from the Crescent City Connection bridge, Wednesday, at approximately 1:30 p.m.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call from an off-duty Coast Guard officer at approximately 12:55 p.m., that a white female with dark hair, who was wearing...
Coast Guard medevacs 1 near Dauphin Island, Ala.
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from a vessel approximately two miles off the coast of Dauphin Island, Wednesday, at about 4 p.m.