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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Coast Guard and county fire crews are continuing a search for a 15-year-old boy who was swept into the water late Wednesday afternoon while hiking along the shoreline near the Captain Cook monument at Kealakekua Bay. The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Ahi was launched at 6:30 p.m. An aircrew piloting […]

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Big Island police have initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation in connection with a 29-year-old man whose body was found Monday morning after he was swept out to sea Saturday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Ceasare Moses of Pāhala.

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Fire/rescue crews along with a Coast Guard cutter and aircraft continued their search Sunday morning (June 3) for a fisherman swept into the ocean at South Point in Ka‘u Saturday. The man was hit by a wave while retrieving a fish net Saturday and was last seen 200 yeards off-shore by witnesses.

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MEDIA RELEASE Coast Guard aircrews piloting two MH-65 Dolphin helicopters conducted a medical evacuation of a 35-year-old Polish woman suffering symptoms of pneumonia Friday aboard the cruise ship The World, approximately 92 miles southwest of Kona. Coast Guard watchstanders in Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu was notified of the patient’s condition at approximately 9 p.m. […]

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The Coast Guard is implementing the use of a non-lethal signaling and warning device to support the service’s ports waterways and coastal security mission in Hawaii. The LA51 signal and warning device is a fired from a 12-gauge military shotgun to produce a visible signal at a range of 100 meters. Training will be conducted […]

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Special to Hawaii 24/7 by Karen Parrish | American Forces Press Service If something touches the nation’s waters, the ‘multi-mission’ Coast Guard probably has some responsibility for it, according to that service’s only four-star officer. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. told the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service the complex mission […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A mariner missing since Dec. 18 on a voyage from Kauai to Oahu has been located after being blown off course and arriving safely Sunday at Honokohau Harbor. Search and rescue watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu received notification from Ira Foreman’s ex-wife that he had contacted her via cell phone at approximately […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Coast Guard law enforcement officers are enforcing a temporary security zone in the waters of Kailua Bay. The temporary security zone is necessary to ensure the safety of the President of the United States and his official party. The security zone went into effect 2 p.m. Dec. 23 and runs through 8 p.m. […]

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Coast Guard aircrews rescued a pilot who was forced to ditch his Cessna 310 aircraft approximately 13 miles northeast of the Big Island, Hawaii Friday (Oct 7). Video of the ditching and rescue.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Coast Guard, in coordination with the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources and State of Hawaii Department Of Transportation Harbors Division, will be participating in the third annual nationwide, multi-agency Boating Under the Influence (BUI) education, detection and enforcement campaign this summer. The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Coast Guard reminds mariners that red and orange flares are recognized as marine and aviation emergency signals, and are to be used only during emergency situations. If a flare is used in a non-emergency situation, or fired by mistake, it should immediately be reported to the Coast Guard to prevent assets and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Honolulu-based Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island returned home lat week, after a 13-day law enforcement patrol in the Northwestern Hawaii Islands. The Galveston Island participated in the Multi-unit Law Enforcement Patrol with the Coast Guard Cutter Kukui and a HC-130 Hercules from Air Station Barbers Point. This is the first MULEPAT that […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Coast Guard crewmembers aboard an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Honolulu, medically evacuated an ill fisherman Thursday who was aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Rush, 150 miles southwest of Oahu. The 59-year-old captain of the Big Island-based fishing vessel Pacific Blue was medically evacuated from his vessel […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Coast Guard is urging mariners and residents to begin planning and preparing for the 2010 Hurricane Season, which started Tuesday, June 1. National hurricane preparedness is a shared responsibility. Government agencies have a responsibility to alert citizens and respond to those in distress. Those in the path of an approaching storm have […]

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