Rescue
Maine Woman Saved from Swift Water
BANGOR DAILY NEWS: A Brewer woman who went kayaking on Pushaw Stream with her sister Wednesday capsized just before noon and got swept away by fast-moving water that pinned her against a submerged tree branch, a game warden...
Man Medevaced from Vessel off Cape Cod
The Coast Guard medically evacuated a man approximately 200 miles east of Cape Cod on Monday, May 27. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard First District received a report at approximately 5:30 a.m. Monday from the seismic research vessel WG...
Fall Victim Taken By Boat From Fayerweather Lighthouse
CtPost.com: City firefighters took to the water to transport a fall victim by boat from the Fayerweather lighthouse Tuesday afternoon. The first-responding firefighters and paramedics walked several hundred yards along the reef at the western end of Seaside Park...
Man Rescued in Portland Harbor
Portland Press Herald: Portland firefighters used ladders, ropes and a “Stokes” basket to hoist a man out of the water near the Ocean Gateway terminal late Tuesday night . Police received a call at 11:30 p.m. that...
Teen Surfer Rescued off Biddeford, ME
Portland Press Herald: A teenage surfer got a scare Saturday when he was pulled by a riptide away from the shore at Fortunes Rocks in Biddeford , but he was quickly helped back to land by a...
Kayaker Rescued off Hull, MA
Coast Guard rescue crews saved a man at approximately 3:09 p.m. after his kayak capsized near Bumpkin Island, off Hull, Massachusetts, on Sunday, April 7, 2013. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston received notification from the man’s sister via...
Maine Ice Fisherman Rescued
Portland Press Herald: A man fishing on a Poland Lake had to be rescued after falling through the ice. Fire Chief Mark Bosse says the man walked about 1,500’ out onto the ice of Thompson Lake on Sunday...
Coast Guard Medivacs Fisherman Near Nantucket
Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuated a 48-year-old male from the fishing vessel Diligence 41 nautical miles south of Nantucket, MA, at approximately 6:30 a.m. today (March 20). Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received notification from...
Dog Rescued from Pond in Westport, CT
The Hour: A Golden Retriever was rescued from an icy pond Wednesday morning after falling through thin ice. Westport Assistant Fire Chief Robert Yost said the department received a call around 10:30 a.m. that a dog had...
Woman Rescued off Bridgeport, CT
Hartford Courant: A Good Samaritan helped 2 officers pull a woman from Long Island Sound on Monday night, police said. The 24-year-old woman survived but was suffering from hypothermia and cuts, police spokesman William Kaempffer said. It wasn’t clear...
