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Cuba says at least 5 dead after boat heading to US crashes

7:19am October 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

A boat off northern Cuba traveling toward the United States sank Saturday after a collision with a Cuban coast guard ship, and at least five people died, Cuban officials said Saturday.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ibis' searches for people missing from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida on Tuesday.

Coast Guard finds 4 more bodies off Florida coast but will call off search

2:35pm January 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

Authorities have found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing. The Coast Guard says it will call off its active search for survivors at sunset Thursday if it doesn't receive any new information.

Cmdr. Jeanine Menze, stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point in Oahu, Hawaii, in 2006.

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How the Coast Guard's 1st Black woman pilot helped give the next one her wings

7:14am October 02, 2021

Jeanine Menze was discouraged from pursuing her dream to fly planes when she didn't see any women of color in the field. Then she met La'Shanda Holmes. "When I met you, I saw myself," Menze told her.

Mexican fishermen tend to their nets on Bagdad Beach, just south of the Texas-Mexico border. Red snapper poaching along the Gulf is a multi-million dollar black market.

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A Battle On The Gulf Pits The Coast Guard Against Mexican Red Snapper Poachers

7:19pm July 18, 2021

by John Burnett

Mexican fishermen are illegally plundering tons of red snapper from the lower Texas Gulf, raising the ire of the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas fishermen, marine biologists and the federal government.

In her StoryCorps interview in September 2018, Olivia Hooker talked about her experience as the first black woman to enter the Coast Guard.

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Before Making Military History, She Witnessed One Of History's Worst Race Riots

5:04am February 28, 2020

Olivia Hooker advocated for the military to open its doors to women of color. But even after policies started to change, "nobody seemed to be joining," she said. So she decided to join herself.

People watch from Jekyll Island as emergency responders work to rescue crew members from a 656-ft. capsized cargo ship on Sept. 9, 2019 in St. Simons Island Sound, Brunswick, Ga.

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Overturned Cargo Ship Soon To Be Sliced Up And Removed From Georgia Sound

4:23pm February 27, 2020

by Molly Samuel

A massive 656-ft. cargo ship filled with thousands of new cars has been stuck, capsized off the Georgia coast for months. Now, crews are getting ready to dismantle the ship and remove it piecemeal.

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Firearms and ammunition found at Christopher Hasson's residence.

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Coast Guard Officer Accused Of Planning A Mass Attack Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

4:37pm October 03, 2019

by Paolo Zialcita

Lt. Christopher Hasson, a self-described white nationalist, was found to be in possession of 15 firearms, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and several bottles of an opioid painkiller.

People in Houston navigate the floodwaters on Thursday. The city got more than 9 inches of rain on that day alone, according to the National Weather Service in Houston.

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Texas Cities Try To Assess Scope Of Damage In Imelda's Aftermath

7:10pm September 20, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

The National Weather Service in Houston said the amount of rainfall in Houston and Galveston on Thursday was "one for the record books." At least four deaths have been blamed on the storm.

In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a helicopter hovers over the overturned Golden Ray cargo vessel in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on Monday. Twenty of the 24 people on board had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon, when crews were forced to suspen

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All 4 Crew Members Rescued From Overturned Ship Off Georgia Coast

6:47pm September 09, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued the last crew member trapped aboard the overturned car carrier Golden Ray, which became disabled in Georgia's St. Simons Sound early Sunday.

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4 Crew Members Still Missing After Cargo Ship Overturns Near Georgia Port

5:10pm September 08, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

The Coast Guard says 20 of the 24 people aboard the Golden Ray have been accounted for. Officials say a rescue mission will resume once the vessel is stable.