Occupants inside the OceanGate Titan submersible before its demise experienced faulty communications with the crew above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, with one of their last phrases being transmitted to the world above being, “all good here.” Nearly 15 months after U.K. billionaire Hamish Harding, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, father-son pair Shahzada Dawood and...
The U.S. Coast Guard said it rescued five people and is searching for three others following a boat crash that happened Monday night in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The five boaters who were rescued were transported to a hospital for treatment, the Coast Guard said, according to Fox 61. The Coast Guard said a search is...
The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy rescued a distressed woman, her daughter and their pets, a cat and a tortoise from a sailboat that had been beset by weather about 925 miles off the coast of Hawaii. Watchstanders at Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Honolulu received a distress alert shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Aug....
Los Angeles Chargers star safety Derwin James Jr. knew that he was heading to U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Diego to do some training exercises with the men and women serving there. What he did not know was he would be leaving with newfound leadership tactics that he is bringing to the football field...
A Texas family is feared dead after their boat capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska, over the weekend while they were on a family vacation. David and Mary Maynard, of Troy, along with their two young sons, remain missing after the 28-foot aluminum boat with a total of eight people aboard capsized Saturday evening...
The United States Coast Guard, charged with the mission of ensuring the nation’s maritime safety, security and stewardship, was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton on this day in history, August 4, 1790. Originally called the Revenue Marine Service, the Coast Guard was founded eight years before the U.S. Navy. “The Coast Guard...
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard in Nantucket on Monday after he said he was almost “lost to the ocean.” Speaking to the nearly 4 million followers he has on the social media platform TikTok, Portnoy explained that he was taking his mom out on his boat...
A blind hiker and his guide dog are safe after being rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew when they became stranded for days in the heat on an Oregon hiking trail. The U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest announced an aircrew had rescued a 55-year-old man and his dog from the Rogue River Trail...
A family’s paddleboarding outing in Florida took a terrifying turn on Tuesday. A mother was with her family off of Cedar Key when a thunderstorm kicked up, according to a U.S. Coast Guard press release. The Coast Guard Sector Petersburg was contacted by Levy County Sheriff’s Office dispatch at 10:41 a.m.The sheriff’s office reported that...
Five men huddled atop a capsized boat were rescued on Sunday after their vessel overturned 11 miles off the coast of Florida, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials said. Coast Guard Sector Jacksonvillewas alerted at 10:15 a.m. to the capsized 24-foot vessel in the waters off Mayport, a community near Jacksonville, USCG said in a statement....
