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The United States Coast Guard recently presented the Coast Guard Public Service Commendation Award to three boaters for their efforts in rescuing two injured men from a vessel fire in February 2021.
Recovery mission underway for missing boater in James River The search and rescue operation for Russell Hines has now shifted to a recovery mission. Crews have searched roughly 200 square miles to find Hines. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 6:26 PM EDT May 4, 2021 WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Officials have shifted their search and rescue mission for a missing boater in James City County to a recovery operation. “We have lost confidence that any additional searching on the water is going to find him,” explained Captain of the Port Sector of Virginia, Samson Stev...
Share this article A 760-foot Wallenius Wilhelmsen car carrier ran aground in Chesapeake Bay early Tuesday as it departed the Port of Baltimore, but the vessel was refloated without pollution or injury, the Coast Guard reported. Members from Coast Guard Sector Virginia are assessing the condition of a Norwegian-flagged MV Tirranna, which is now safely anchored in the Chesapeake Bay. The cause of the grounding is under investigation and there are no reports of pollution, injury or damaged. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Virginia received a report that the Tirranna ran aground in the vicin...
'Amazing man': Wife remembers husband who died after crashing off bridge in Virginia By: WTKR Staff and last updated 2021-01-01 15:23:52-05 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - 47-year-old Erik Mezick was a wonderful husband, father, and friend. Mezick left his home in Fruitland, Maryland on Monday around 10 p.m., according to his wife of 25 years, Megan. He hopped in his Cloverland Greenspring Dairy box truck, ready to deliver dairy products to Cape Charles and Virginia Beach. It was a 130-mile trip, a job he had only had since March. On his way back north, the family's world was turned ups...
Family, friends mourn loss of driver who went off side of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Erik Mezick was behind the wheel of the box truck that plunged off the side of the CBBT. A family friend described Mezick as a "100% genuine person and a solid man." Author: Ali Weatherton (13News Now), Allison Bazzle Published: 5:09 PM EST December 30, 2020 Updated: 11:28 PM EST December 30, 2020 CAPE CHARLES, Va. — Family and friends are grieving the loss of 47-year-old Erik Mezick from Fruitland, Maryland. On Tuesday, the box truck Mezick was driving went...