Coast Guard Cordova FOL crew saves 66-year-old man stranded for three days on Montague Island

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Coast Guard Cordova FOL crew saves 66-year-old man stranded for three days on Montague Island

  KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, forward-deployed to Cordova, rescued a 66-year-old man stranded for three days on Montague Island, Alaska, Thursday. The man was transferred to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Cordova for further care. He was reported to have been dehydrated but was in […]

Alaska Air Guardsmen Rescue Crash Survivors at Montague Island

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Alaska Air Guardsmen Rescue Crash Survivors at Montague Island

[dropcap]J[/dropcap]OINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot and a passenger of a Cessna 172 that crashed Nov. 27 on takeoff from southwest Montague Island. According to Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Jeremy Rhodes, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the mission was […]