Coast Guard rescues 4 in 2 separate cases Sunday
Coast Guard Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Levasseur
HONOLULU — Coast Guard crews diverted from training exercises to conduct two separate rescues off Hawaii, Sunday.
These events range from a medevac of a snorkeler to the rescue of passengers from a capsized vessel.
A Coast Guard Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew medevaced a snorkeler...
Coast Guard medevacs snorkeler from Molokini Crater off Maui
Coast Guard Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Levasseur
HONOLULU — Coast Guard Station Maui crews evacuated a snorkeler requiring medical assistance near Molokini Crater, Tuesday.
A Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew along with a paramedic from the American Medical Association Medic 15 rendered assistance.
At 9:25 a.m. Station Maui...
Coast Guard rescues drifting snorkeler near Bald Head Island, NC
29-foot Response Boat Small File Photo
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a snorkeler in distress near Bald Head Island, North Carolina, Saturday.
A woman aboard a 30-foot sailboat contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina’s command center at 6:13 p.m. via VHF-FM radio channel 16 and reported that a snorkeler from the boat, who was wearing a life jacket, became disoriented...
Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for two snorkelers near Fort Pierce Inlet North Jetty
The Coast Guard is searching for two snorkelers near the Fort Pierce Inlet North Jetty in Miami, Nov. 11, 2017. Photo courtesy of a good Samaritan.
MIAMI — The Coast Guard along with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and St. Lucie Sheriff’s Office are searching for two snorkelers who were reportedly pushed out to sea near the Fort Pierce Inlet North Jetty Saturday.
Watchstanders...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing snorkeler off Kauai
Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island file photo by Air Station Barbers Point
HONOLULU —The Coast Guard suspended the active search Monday for a missing snorkeler who went missing off Tunnels Beach Park on the north side of Kauai, Friday.
“The decision to suspend an active search is never an easy one and our sincerest condolences go out to the family and friends during this difficult time,” said...
Coast Guard medically evacuates snorkeler near Rock Reef, Florida
MIAMI — Crewmembers with Coast Guard Station Islamorada, Fla., medically evacuated a 54-year-old male in the vicinity of Rock Reef, Fla., Saturday.
Saturday afternoon, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received a report of a snorkeler having difficulty breathing when pulled aboard a motor vessel. The remaining four people aboard the vessel could not navigate the 44-foot boat and...
Coast Guard medevacs snorkeler near Maui
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a snorkeler in respiratory distress near Maui Friday.
Coast Guard Station Maui received a call at approximately 10 a.m., reporting that a 65 year old woman aboard the 64-foot charter vessel Ocean Liberty was having trouble breathing. The vessel was at Molokini Crater, near Maui. A Coast Guard flight surgeon was briefed on the woman’s condition...
