Palmer-based troopers reported that they had received a call reporting a rollover collision where the vehicle was on fire. At the time of the call, troopers were unaware if the occupants had escaped or were trapped inside of the burning vehicle. When troopers arrived at the scene shortly after 9 am, they found the vehicle […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard boatcrew and a good Samaritan rescued three adults and two teenagers from a 32-foot personal craft taking on water in the vicinity of Naked Island Sunday morning. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a mobile phone call at 6 a.m. from one of the five people reporting they had abandoned ship and swam to […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Good Samaritans, with Coast Guard coordination, rescued 11 people from boating emergencies in four separate cases across Southern Alaska, Tuesday. Sector Anchorage watchstanders received a mayday from the crew of the vessel Alaska Rose, that their vessel was on fire on the southwest side of Resurrection Bay with three people aboard. Good Samaritans […]