A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued two hunters from Blackerby Ridge Trail, located in the Tongass National Forest near Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a VHF channel 16 call from two men, ages 22 and 24, at 8:30 p.m., stating they were not prepared to stay […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Crews from Coast Guard Cutter Anthony Petit and Coast Guard Station Ketchikan rescued the crew of the fishing vessel Tsimshain Lady after the vessel began taking on water near Tamgas Harbor, Alaska, Wednesday. An Anthony Petit small-boat crew provided a dewatering pump and tied the fishing vessel alongside the cutter until it […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued a hunter Sunday night who needed medical attention. The hunter and his hunting partner were hunting on all-terrain vehicles, in the area about 25 miles north of Eureka Roadhouse and 125 miles northeast of Anchorage. The man was unable to […]
A Pennsylvania man, separated from his hunting group near Palmer was rescued after contacting troopers and reporting his predicament on Thursday evening, troopers reported. 24-year -old Bryce Baker, of Pennsylvania, found himself alone and trapped in a ravine before 6 pm on Thursday, and unable to get back to his hunting partners. Unable to extricate […]