All news on the topic: Coast Guard

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13 days of pain since teen baseball star jumped off boat in shark infested water
Teen baseball star Cameron Robbins, 18, had days earlier graduated high school and was on a trip with classmates and other students in the Bahamas when he was apparently dared to jump overboard off the sunset cruise they were on
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Holiday hell as healthy cruise passenger airlifted to medics 800 miles from home
Stephen Cassidy was left stranded 800 miles from home after being removed from the luxury cruise which he had booked as a joint birthday celebration with his wife, Carol
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Haunting last words shouted to baseball star after he went overboard
Cameron Robbins, 18, disappeared into the dark waters near the uninhabited Athol Island, northeast of Nassau, after jumping off a cruise ship while celebrating graduation with his friends
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Man who plunged to death on first cruise was 'life of the party'
Ronnie Lee Peale Jr had travelling on the Carnival Cruise Line ship Carnival Magic with his wife and friends when he was seen leaning over the railings of his cabin's balcony before dropping into the sea
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Horror moment missing baseball star, 18, jumps off cruise ship caught on video
Cameron Robbins, 18, had graduated just days ago from the University Laboratory School in Baton Rogue when he was on a cruise with his friends, who urged him to jump overboard, it is claimed
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BMW driver roasted for parking convertible on beach as it washes out with tide
The BMW M4 convertible was seen slowly drifting out to sea reclaimed by Mother Nature after being left on Trevaunance Beach in Cornwall, where it was rescued by local coastguard teams
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Man dies while hiking on day out in UK beauty spot despite public CPR help
Desperate passers-by tried to save a dying hillwalker after he collapsed on the Cadair Idris mountain in the southern part of Snowdonia National Park on Tuesday
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Massive rockfall at beach sparks emergency search amid fears of people trapped
Coastguards received a flurry of 999 calls from members of the public and fishermen after the cliff at Broadchurch beach gave way on the coast at West Bay, Dorset, at 8.25pm on Sunday evening
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Three dead after jet crashed off coast during Navy training exercise
The victims have been named as three employees of Georgia-based private company Phoenix Air, who were flying a Phoenix Air Learjet 36 during a US Navy training exercise
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Tourist boat capsizes near beach with more than 20 dead including seven children
The horror happened on Sunday night in a coastal town in Kerala state’s Malappuram district, and most of the passengers were tourists - including seven children
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Huge 10-metre whale washes up on UK beach alive with rescue mission launched
A massive 10-metre sperm whale has washed up alive on a beach in Cleethorpes, Grimsby, shocking locals and leading to authorities rushing down to try and help the animal
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4 tourists feared dead after chopper crash that one family 'swerved last-minute'
An enormous search started this morning as 600 people scoured the waters off the tourist town for the missing fifth victim and the black box - which carries hours of cockpit conversation and flight data.
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Search underway as army helicopter carrying soldiers disappears from radar
The Ministry of Defence in Tokyo said that a Ground Self Defence Force helicopter which was circling Miyako Island, close to Taiwan, disappeared from the radar
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Terrified residents flee cliff edge homes over fears they could plunge into sea
A high tide of 3.7m and 50mph winds forced the evacuations in Norfolk, as residents feared their properties could be lost
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Japan discovers more than 7,000 islands that it didn’t even know about
Advances in digital mapping have lead to authorities discovering 14,125 islands in Japanese territory - a massive 7,300 more than originally detected in a Coast Guard report in 1987
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Missing man and dog found dead after 'falling 100ft' during walk in bad weather
Kyle Sambrook, from West Yorkshire, was carrying his pet pooch Bane through the Scottish Highlands when he fell almost 100ft in "appalling weather", rescuers believe
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Fears for missing crew as search ends after tugboat pulling cruise ship sank
The coastguard has called off its search for two crew members who were on board a tugboat that capsized off the coast of Greenock, Scotland at around 3.30pm this afternoon
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Man who left dead fish at house rescued from sea after stolen boat capsizes
Police became alert after Jericho Labonte, 35, uploaded a video on Facebook showing him place a dead fish on the porch of a house - and now he has been rescued from seas in between Oregon and Washington, US
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Rookie coast guard swimmer rescues man as giant wave crushed his yacht
The US Coast Guard triangulated where the distress call was coming from and launched nearby vessels and a chopper to the scene, where Petty Officer Michael Clark dived into the ocean to rescue a yacht captain as his vessel sank at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington state
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TikTok star dies after falling off 70ft coastal cliff while shooting videos
The young men fell off the 70ft high cliff in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, while trying to capture footage for social media despite warnings from his cousin to stay well clear of the cliff edge