Coast Guard rescues missing snowmobiler near Juneau, Alaska

Coast Guard rescues missing snowmobiler near Juneau, Alaska
A snowmobile is buried in a snowbank after the operator becomes stranded near Dan Moeller Bowl on Douglas Island near Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 5, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew located and hoisted a snowmobiler from Douglas Island, Alaska, Monday. The helicopter crew located the man within five minutes of beginning their...

Coast Guard assists disoriented snowmobilers on Lake Erie

Coast Guard assists disoriented snowmobilers on Lake Erie
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard assisted a father and his teenage daughter back to shore safely after the snowmobilers became disoriented on Lake Erie Saturday evening. The names of the individuals assisted are not being released by the Coast Guard, and there is no Coast Guard imagery for this case. At about 5:30 p.m., a watchstander at Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, responded to a call from the...

Coast Guard assists 2 Canadian snowmobilers near Kingsville, Ontario

Coast Guard assists 2 Canadian snowmobilers near Kingsville, Ontario
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted two snowmobilers near Kingsville, Ontario, after they became stranded nearly two miles off the Canadian side of Lake Erie, Saturday morning. At around 10:15 a.m., a search-and-rescue coordinator at the Coast Guard’s 9th District Rescue Coordination Center in Cleveland, responded to a call for assistance from personnel at the Joint Rescue Coordination...

Coast Guard rescues snowmobilers in Saginaw Bay near Bay City

Coast Guard rescues snowmobilers in Saginaw Bay near Bay City
CLEVELAND – The Coast Guard rescued two men after their snowmobiles crashed through the ice about a mile offshore on Saginaw Bay near Bay City, Mich., Saturday night. Personnel at Coast Guard Station Saginaw River, in Essexville, Mich., received a call from Bay County 911 dispatch at about 9:15 p.m. stating that two people had broken through the ice. The call was made by a third person in the party...

Coast Guard rescues injured snowmobiler on Saginaw River

Coast Guard rescues injured snowmobiler on Saginaw River
CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued an injured snowmobiler early Sunday morning, on the Saginaw River in the vicinity of the Smith Park in Essexville, Mich. At about 1 a.m., a search-and-rescue controller at Coast Guard Sector Detroit received a phone call from a woman reporting that her friend was lost and injured on the Saginaw River. The woman stated that she, the injured man and another person...

Coast Guard, Ottawa County, Jerusalem Township first responders assist injured snowmobiler off ice

Coast Guard, Ottawa County, Jerusalem Township first responders assist injured snowmobiler off ice
CLEVELAND — Personnel from the Coast Guard and first responders from Ottawa County and Jerusalem Township teamed up to assist an injured snowmobiler off the ice near Crane Creek, Ohio, early Sunday afternoon. At 10:30 a.m., a watchstander at Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, received a request for assistance, from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s dispatcher, in searching for and assisting an...