Three people have been rescued off the coast of Clogherhead after the boat they were travelling in sank. The incident happened on Sunday morning when the coastguard received a distress message from a trawler about 20 miles to the east of the village. The coastguard were alerted to the incident after the Emergency Positioning Indication [...]
KAILUA-KONA — A U.S. citizen and two Indonesian nationals were safe Friday after abandoning ship 161 miles southwest of Kona. “It was really a great joint rescue,” said Tara Molle, a petty officer 2nd class with the U.S. Coast Guard, on the multiple agency rescue that found the men in healthy condition floating in a [...]
The United States Coast Guard rescued two fishermen early Monday after their 37-foot boat sank 52 miles northwest of Boca Grande early Monday. According to the Coast Guard, at 2:27 a.m. Monday watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received multiple Mayday calls via marine radio VHF-FM channel 16 from David Gilliland, the captain of [...]
The parents of Austin Stephanos, one of the two Tequesta teens lost at sea last July, are sponsoring safe boating classes for youngsters in north county. “I don’t want any other parents to go through what we went through,” said Blu Stephanos, the father of Austin Stephanos. Austin and Perry Cohen, both 14, never returned [...]
