ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As Independence Day weekend begins, the Coast Guard 17th District urges Alaskan boaters to keep safe. The Coast Guard reminds boaters and other water enthusiasts to consider the following while preparing for the boating season: WEAR IT! While there are many factors that can contribute to boating accidents, a properly fitting life jacket can save a life […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a 70-year-old man with an eye injury from Noyes Island approximately 34 miles from Klawock Tuesday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka transported the man to awaiting medical personnel in Sitka. Sector Juneau command center personnel received the request for medevac from the crew of […]
It was on Sunday evening at 6:28 pm that a call from two men in the water after their boat capsized to Petersburg Police Department alerted authorities to their marine accident. The call came from 58-year-old Kenneth Rupprecht and 45-year-old Jonathan Comfort, from South Carolina and Delaware respectively, who were in Alaska on a week-long self […]
KODIAK, Alaska — An Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an ailing 50-year-old man from a skiff on a beach 27 miles northwest of Sitka, Thursday. The Jayhawk crew landed on the beach where they met the man who was being transported by a skiff deployed off the 83-foot Canadian flagged passenger ship Nautilus […]