Coast Guard medevacs tugboat crew member 65 miles off Galveston, Texas
HOUSTO
N The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 60-year-old mariner from a tugboat approximately 65 miles off Galveston, Texas, Monday.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call at about 4 p.m. from the 116-foot tugboat Leigh Ann Moran stating a crew member was ailing and disoriented. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medical evacuation.
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston and HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew from Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, launched to assist.
The Dolphin crew arrived on scene, hoisted the man and brought him to Scholes International Airport. Emergency medical services then transported the patient to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in stable condition.
Coast Guard searching for missing child in the water near Galveston
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and last updated 2021-05-11 23:59:34-04
The Coast Guard is searching for a missing 7-year-old boy near the Galveston Seawall Tuesday night.
The child was last seen wearing black shorts.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification shortly after 8 p.m. of a 7-year-old male who had gone missing while at the beach with his family. The search is ongoing near 37th Street and Seawall Boulevard.
A boat and helicopter crew from Coast Guard Station Galveston and Coast Guard Air Station Houston are searching for the boy.
Whiteman Air Force Base airman found dead in Texas
Elijah Posana was on leave with family
Staff Sgt. Alexandria Lee/U.S. Air Force
Airman 1st Class Elijah R. Posana, security response team member with the 509th Security Forces Sqdn., stands in front of B-2 Spirit at Whiteman Air Force Base, in Missouri, on Nov. 18, 2020. Members of the 509th SFS protect both personnel and assets supporting the U.S. Air Force Global Strike s stealth bomber fleet.
and last updated 2021-05-04 16:50:13-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â An airman stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base was found dead Tuesday in Texas.
Airman 1st Class Elijah R. Posana, 22, served as a defender with the 509th Security Forces Sqdn. He was on leave with family in Surfside Beach, Texas, where he was reportedly âpulled by a rip currentâ roughly 100 feet from shore on Sunday, according to a news release.
Coast Guard medevacs mariner 46 miles offshore Cameron, Louisiana
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The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man from a fishing vessel 46 miles offshore Cameron, Louisiana, Sunday morning.
Posted: May 3, 2021 8:06 AM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
HOUSTON The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old man from a fishing vessel 46 miles offshore Cameron, Louisiana, Sunday morning.
Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a medevac request by radio from the fishing vessel Jennifer and David stating a crewmember had been severely injured. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and consulted with the duty flight surgeon who recommended the medevac.
A Coast Guard Air Station MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a Station Sabine 45-foot Response Boat – Medium boat crew launched to assist.