Receiving all available resources during an emergency can make the key difference.
By
Staff
November 18, 2011
In a serious emergency you want every available resource dispatched to your position as quickly as possible. Here Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Gervis holds onto a nine-month-old infant as the Coast Guard rescues a family of six off their sinking vessel, 13 miles east of Miami Beach, FL.USCG
A 17-foot boat with four people aboard capsized off of Point Pleasant, NJ. The men had on life jackets and used a marine handheld radio to notify the Coast Guard of their location.USCG
A Coast Guard small boat crew (aboard red inflatable) rescues two from a sinking vessel 10 miles west of Clearwater, Florida. The crew was able to dewater the vessel and tow it back to port.
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Ralph Aguero, an aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak, approaches the five survivors of a 60-foot recreational vessel that went down in the Gulf of Alaska on May 22, 2011. The Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from the captain of the vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lloyd
