Photo: Coast Guard Station Ketchikan (left) and Coast Guard Cutter Adelie (center) boat crews assisted in dewatering and towing a fishing vessel that began taking on water near Ketchikan, Alaska, Aug. 28, 2019. The Adelie crew were able to control the flooding and assisted in towing the vessel to a nearby boat ramp for repairs. U.S. Coast Guard […]
Aerial footage of the Landing Craft Don Quixote in Shelikof Straits. Video-USCG A 76-foot landing craft, the Don Quixote, traveling through Shelikof Straits on Tuesday began taking on water and the operator of the craft made the decision to intentionally ground the vessel just south of Cape Kuliuk. The construction supplies-laden craft, with its crew […]
Thai authorities say four more boys were rescued Monday after having been trapped in a flooded cave for more than two weeks. The four boys will join four others rescued Sunday out of a group of 12 and their soccer coach. Rescue operations have halted Monday and will resume rescuing the remaining four boys and […]
BANGKOK — A Thai diver died after running out of air while assisting in the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside the Tham Luang in Northern Thailand, an official said Friday. Samarn Poonan, a former member of Thailand’s elite navy SEAL unit, died Thursday night after entering the cave to lay air […]