New Hampshire man receives Silver Lifesaving Medal
NEW YORK – Capt. Gordon Loebl, commander, Coast Guard Sector New York, presented George Chait with the Silver Lifesaving Medal May 20, 2013, at Battery Park, N.Y.
Chait was awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for his heroic action while attempting to rescue a couple caught in a rip current in Savannah Bay, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, Jan. 6, 2012.
Chait observed two people struggling...
Coast Guard rescues distressed snorkeler in the British Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a distressed snorkeler Tuesday afternoon stranded on the uninhabited island of Fallen Jerusalem, British Virgin Islands.
The rescued snorkeler was a 38 year-old man, U.S. citizen, who reportedly went missing Monday afternoon while snorkeling with his brother to Blinder’s Rock, approximately 1,200 yards south of the island of Virgin...
