Born Ready
ALAMEDA - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Harrison and retired Navy Quatermaster Mickey Ganitch, a member of the Bay Area Pearl Harbor Survivor's Association, lay a wreath in honor of those lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during a memorial ceremony on Coast Guard Island. The ceremony included several speakers and a gun salute. (U.S. Coast Guard video/Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Critchfield). Visit us at www.gocoastguard.com
Elizabeth City, N.C., HC-130J Hercules aircraft crew during the following rescue: NORFOLK, Va. - The Coast Guard rescued the remaining person aboard the disabled sailboat Croc, 100 nautical miles off Cape Lookout, N.C., at 8 a.m., Thursday. Rescue Coordination Center Norfolk watchstanders received a distress signal from the sailboat Croc at 5 p.m., Wednesday. Andrea Tardini, and his passenger Sophie Belend were transiting from Norfolk to Marsh Harbor, Bahamas. An Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C, HC-130J Hercules aircraft crew launched and located the distressed vessel. Tardini stated they were taking on water and requested to be taken off. An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter rescue crew from the air station arrived on scene at 2 a.m., and hoisted Belend to safety, but due to deteriorating weather conditions they were not able to hoist Tardini at that time. Visit us at www.gocoastguard.com
MIAMI - Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Miami medevaced a 14-year-old boy at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday from the 880-foot Monarch of the Seas cruise ship, homeported in Miami. The crewmember was suffering from ruptured appendix-like symptoms when the helicopter cew transported him to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. U.S. Coast Guard video/Air Station Miami. Visit us at www.gocoastguard.com
GULF OF MEXICO - Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Crocodile and Kodiak Island rescue Luke Finch, a three-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his father Paul Martikainen Dec. 1, 2009, approximately 120 miles southwest of Sanibel Island, Fla. Crewmembers aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., HC-130 Hercules aircraft spotted Martikainen's 32-foot sailboat at about 5 p.m. Monday. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Clearwater, Fla. Visit us at www.gocoastguard.com
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