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86-year-old sailor and dog rescued 460 miles off California after 2 months

An 86-year-old sailor and his dog have been rescued more than two months after disappearing during a voyage across the Pacific Ocean. The pair were aboard the sailboat Willow Wind, travelling from Astoria, Oregon, to Pago Pago in American Samoa, when contact was lost on August 20. The U.S. Coast…

The Times of India · Nov 9

LAPD chopper and Navy helicopter nearly collide: ‘You guys gotta pay attention’

The Navy says that it was conducting a training exercise with the LAPD on Tuesday and that it was communicating over the relevant frequencies

The Independent UK · Nov 6

Helicopter crashes during film shoot near Miami killing one person and injuring two others

The Robinson R44 II helicopter slammed into the water shortly before noon off Key Biscayne

The Independent UK · Nov 4

Search continues after boat capsizes off Baja California coast. 16 rescued, but others missing

Authorities are searching for 11 people missing after a boat from Mexico capsized off Baja California

The Independent UK · Oct 17

Clinging to Wreckage in the Dark: 16 Rescued, 11 Missing After Boat Sinks in Open Pacific Off Baja California

U.S. Coast Guard rescued 16 from the Pacific 140 miles off Ensenada; 11 remain missing as search covering 950 nautical miles continues.

Latin Times · Oct 17

Mexico Baja Coast May Day Call: US Coast Guard saves 16 people, 11 missing. What has happened?

Migrants are increasingly turning to the risky alternative offered by smugglers to travel by sea to avoid heavily guarded land borders. Small boats called pangas leave Baja in the dead of night and sometimes travel hundreds of miles north.

The Economic Times · Oct 16

After surging troops to the border, US Army showcases a quieter Rio Grande

The U.S. Army is deploying hundreds of soldiers to Texas' Rio Grande Valley in response to what it says are signs of elevated activity from Mexican drug cartels

The Independent UK · Oct 13

189 Haitians rescued off an overloaded boat in bad weather, US Coast Guard says

MIAMI — About 189 Haitians were rescued Saturday from bad weather and a sail freighter too small for such a large human load, the U.S. Coast Guard announced via Twitter.

Miami Herald · Mar 20, 2022

Bid underway to refloat cargo ship aground in Chesapeake Bay

The U.S. Coast Guard said efforts are underway to refloat a 1,000-foot container vessel that ran aground in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022

Recent arrivals of hundreds of Haitians in Florida Keys is a sign of new trafficking routes

MIAMI — The arrival of nearly 700 Haitians in a string of dramatic migrant landings near an exclusive wealthy enclave in the Upper Florida Keys over the past four months suggests that those behind the rise in Haitian boat migration are getting bolder, and using new trafficking routes to get…

Miami Herald · Mar 11, 2022