A rescue swimmer loaded the people - and the cat - into a basket so they could be hoisted into the helicopter.

I went through Coast Guard Search and Rescue training in hopes to learn as much as I can before rescuing someone from the ...

OCEAN CITY, New Jersey -- Conor Plasha grew up watching helicopters fly over the beaches of Ocean City. Now, he jumps out of them to perform rescues with the Coast Guard. Plasha is an Aviation ...

The U.S. Coast Guard wants new Sikorsky rescue helicopters to replace aging H-65 Dolphins in use since the 1980s.

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 Coast Guard rescued a man from the water off the coast of Falmouth, Massachusetts Monday afternoon. Video from Falmouth police showed the moment he was hoisted from the ocean into a Coast Guard ...

The Coast Guard rescued a man stranded in choppy waters off the shore of Cape Cod on Monday afternoon — smack in the middle of a nor’easter that battered the state. Passengers aboard a Steamship ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A fisherman whose commercial boat capsized near Waldport, Ore. was rescued Tuesday morning. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a mayday call from the fisherman ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescued three people and a cat from a boat that ran aground in Lake Huron late ...