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Known to Law Enforcement and was seen just last week either scouting the area or looking for immigrants to smuggle. Heres what that chevy suburban looks like after it wrecked. Investigators say 14 people were inside it when it crashed while Border Patrol agents pursued the suv. They say the vehicle ran off the road and flipped over several times. 12 were ejected. Four died on scene. And a fifth passed away on the way to the hospital. The sheriff says it is an extremely busy area for smuggling, m...

Captain Rick Wester of the United States Coast Guard remembers the smoke and smell within the Pentagon hallways shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks.He recalls the flames from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the tension when he...

The Coast Guard this week released documents on the investigation into former CMC Brett VerHulst, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Port is vital not only for commerce but also port safety. >> rick wester is the captain of the port of virginia, responsible for the safety of cargo ships in and out of norfolk. its a job thats been made more difficult by bigger and bigger boats. so todays cargo ships are double and triple the size of the biggest ships you had ten years ago. and your channel is just too narrow for some of them. >> yeah, the ships are getting bigger and bigger. and so the biggest one is about three or four times ...