UPDATE: An Alaska State Troopers online dispatch identifies the men as 52-year-old Tandy Ford-Roberts and son, 30-year-old Jesse Ford Roberts. Tandy and Jesse had left Saturday morning at approximately 9:00 to go on an ATV trip from the Miam trail head to Saltery. Two men were located and rescued on Sunday by an Air Station Kodiak helicopter crew after …
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Boat capsized in Chilkat River Seven people and dog stranded on sandbar They had satellite communication and GPS device which made rapid rescue possible Crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescues seven people and dog stranded on sandbar on Chilkat River. Photo: from C.G. press release. Following is a press release from the Coast Guard, posted as …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Coast Guard helicopter crew from air station Kodiak came to the rescue of a mariner about 14 miles north of Port Moller on Tuesday. According to a Coast Guard press release, the 43-foot gill netter Transit was stuck in the surf for an unspecified reason and “taking on water.” Two good Samaritan vessels tried to help, but …
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Captain with crewman in water in the process of helping man onto vessel. Screencap from video by Air Station Kodiak Kayla Desroches/KMXT A Good Samaritan vessel and a Coast Guard aircrew rescued four fishermen in Kodiak waters on Monday. According to a Coast Guard press release, the fishing vessel Grayling capsized in Kuprean of Strait near Raspberry Island, and the …
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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Coast Guard medevac’d a man from a vessel 60 nautical miles north of Cold Bay Thursday afternoon. A crewmember aboard the fishing vessel American Dynasty was suffering from symptoms of appendicitis, and watchstanders sent a rescue team from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak to the location. Once there, the Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted and transported …
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