Images onscreen showed a rescued swimmer looking down from a helicopter to a distressed boat and a tumultuous sea below. The footage took Hess, that helicopter’s pilot, back to Feb. 15, 2015. “Every ...

HAINES, Alaska -- A skier in Alaska was airlifted from the side of a mountain over the weekend after he was attacked and mauled by a brown bear. The victim was part of a group ascending a mountain ...

The US Coast Guard rescued four people from a flooded home in Sumas, Washington, on Wednesday after rising waters forced them into their attic during record flooding in Washington. Video released by ...

Most people only see the Coast Guard in movies - until they’re the only ones who can reach you. The helicopter shows up, the rescue swimmer drops in, and suddenly everything becomes real. The calm ...

Search continues for a missing swimmer off Kahili Beach, with one rescued and agencies collaborating in the operation.

When they returned to home base, the crew received another rescue call to recover two people from a sailboat. That was a harrowing rescue. The Coast Guard swimmer battled 30-knot winds and 10-to ...

SUMAS, Wash.–The U.S. Coast Guard saved four people who were forced to flee to the attic of a home during rising floodwaters in northwest Washington on Wednesday. Video showed the rescue happening, as ...

An MH-65 Dolphin aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles hoists two people from the roof of a flooded home in Sumas, Washington. The crew responded to catastrophic flooding in northwestern ...