Man Rescued Off Marin Headlands Cliff, Another Rescued in SF Bay

MARIN COUNTY, CA, April 15, 2008 (The Boating Channel) -

The Coast Guard, working with the National Park Service, responded to a report of two people injured on the cliffs above Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands yesterday afternoon.

At 3:02 p.m., Monday, the Coast Guard received notification through California Highway Patrol dispatch that a male and female were in distress after falling down a steep area near the water. The Coast Guard immediately launched a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat from Station Golden Gate, and a HH-65 Dolphin Helicopter from Air Station San Francisco. The National Park Service responded from the landside, and began searching for the two people.

The crew aboard the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat visually located the two people on the cliffs above Rodeo Beach, and directed the helicopter to their location. The helicopter conducted a hoist rescue of the man, who was injured but conscious, and in stable condition.

The man was attempting to rescue the other individual, who fell from the cliffs above while the two were hiking in the area. The woman was pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident, and was hoisted off the cliff by the helicopter.

In a separate incident Sunday evening, The Coast Guard, working with the Foster City Fire Department and Coyote Point Marina Harbormaster, rescued a 20 year-old male from the San Francisco Bay.

At 7:20 p.m., Sunday, a Coast Guard Auxiliary mobile unit reported seeing a person floating 150 yards off of Coyote Point in San Mateo County. The Coast Guard immediately launched a 25-foot boat from Station San Francisco at Yerba Buena Island. The Coast Guard Auxiliarist remained on scene to maintain visual contact with the person in the water, and serve as a liaison between the Coast Guard and local authorities.

At 7:48 p.m., the Coyote Point Harbormaster got underway with two members of the Foster City Fire Department, and upon arriving on scene, was able to bring the man onboard the boat. The man was transferred to the Coast Guard boat, and taken to the Coyote Point Marina where San Mateo County Emergency Medical Services were waiting.

The man was taken to Mills Peninsula Medical Center, where he is reported to be conscious and in stable condition.

2 Medivaced From Vessel in NY’s Ambrose Channel

NEW YORK, NY March 25, 2008 (The Boating Channel)

The U.S. Coast Guard has medevaced two severely injured mariners from a 619-foot vessel anchored in Ambrose Channel at 3:20 p.m. today. A Coast Guard boarding team discovered that the two crewmembers were injured while the team was conducting a security boarding at 10:40 a.m. Due to the length of time the vessel will be at anchorage and the unknown severity of the injuries, a flight surgeon recommended the medevac.

One crewmember is reportedly suffering from a broken right leg, as well as injuries to his chin, knee and back. The other is reportedly suffering from an injured collarbone and back and is presently immobilized. The injuries reportedly occurred due to heavy seas while the mariners were working on board the Thor Alliance, home ported in Thailand, while the vessel was en route to New York Harbor Saturday, March 22.

A Coast Guard HH60 helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod arrived on scene at 3:15 p.m. and lowered an emergency medical technician to the vessel to determine if an airlift would be physically safe for the crewmembers. Once the medevac was determined to be safe, the injured men were hoisted onto the helicopter and transported to a local hospital on Staten Island.

"It's crucial to take precautions for all medical conditions you might receive while underway on the water," said Chief Petty Officer James Moore, Coast Guard Sector New York command duty officer. "Had it not been for the quick thinking of the Coast Guard boarding team members, the crewmember's injuries could have gotten progressively worse."

Weather on scene is reported as calm with 10-15-knot winds and one-foot seas.

U.S. Coast Guard Rescues 2 of 6 Missing Boaters

MIAMI, FL, September 25, 2007 (USCG)- The Coast Guard has rescued two of the six missing boaters Monday after they departed Miami en route Bimini, Bahamas Saturday afternoon on a 47-foot sport fisher.

The names of the rescued are Guillermo Zarabozo and Kirby Archer.

Missing are Jake Branam, captain of the vessel Joe Cool and his crew, Kelly Branam, Scott Campbell and Sammy Cary.

Family members reported the vessel overdue at approximately 5:45 p.m. Sunday after the vessel failed to return to Miami Beach Marina at its scheduled time.

The Joe Cool was found by crewmembers of the cutter Pea Island late Sunday evening 160 miles south of Bimini. Boarding team members from the Pea Island discovered the abandoned vessel in disarray with the life-raft missing.

Zarabozo and Archer were found by an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter approximately 12 miles north of that location and taken to the cutter Confidence.

According to the Global Positioning System on board the vessel, the Joe Cool made several erratic movements and began heading south about halfway into their voyage.

The Coast Guard immediately began searching with a HC-130 aircraft from Elizabeth City, N.C., the Cutter Confidence, the Cutter Pea Island and an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Miami deployed to the Confidence.

The Cutter Pea Island is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Cutter Confidence is a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Port Canaveral, Fla.