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RNLI launch rescue operation after six people stranded on boat 'run aground' on Lough Derg

The incident occurred at around 2.00 pm at Gortmore south of Terryglass Co Tipperary

Irish Mirror

Irish Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland issue water safety appeal ahead of bank holiday weekend

They have urged people to not enter the water especially after consuming alcohol

Dublin Live

Maritime smuggling is not new, but attempts have surged, as have deaths

SAN DIEGO — Just after midnight one Friday in late October 2021, the captain of a fishing boat sailing nearly 100 miles off the San Diego coastline spotted a faint light in the distance. In what a Coast Guard pilot later described as a miracle, the captain had spotted the…

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Smuggling boat capsizes off San Diego, killing several

Several people have been killed after a suspected smuggling boat overturned off the coast San Diego - crews are searching for more

The New Daily

Eight dead and seven missing as smuggling boat capsizes off coast of San Diego

Crews continue search for missing people

The Independent UK

8 reported dead after suspected smuggling boat capsizes off San Diego beach

SAN DIEGO — A suspected smuggling boat capsized in the ocean off Black’s Beach in the Torrey Pines area late Saturday, dumping eight to 10 people into the water, eight of whom died, officials said.

Tribune News Service

8 dead, 7 missing after boat capsizes off San Diego coast

Authorities say eight people were killed when a suspected smuggling boat overturned off the coast San Diego, and crews were searching for at least seven additional victims

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Decorated vet’s last stand: FBI agent wants Supreme Court to make VA stop shortchanging veterans on GI Bill benefits

Army vet James Rudisill has enlisted a Chicago lawyer to convince the Supreme Court to force the VA to provide mandated educational benefits to himself and two million other veterans. Ex-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says Rudisill is right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Deadly shipwreck: How it happened, and unanswered questions

At least 70 people died in last week's shipwreck on Italy's Calabrian coast

The Independent UK

Sunken Philippine tanker leaking oil

MANILA: A sunken Philippine tanker carrying 800,000 litres of industrial fuel oil has leaked some of its cargo into the sea, authorities said on Thursday, as they raced to find the vessel and contain the spill.

Bangkok Post

Haitian migrant dies aboard US Coast Guard vessel after being stopped with 53 others

MIAMI — A 40-year-old Haitian migrant died on board a U.S. Coast Guard vessel after the Coast Guard stopped the boat she was traveling on with more than 50 other migrants just a few miles off the Palm Beach County shoreline, officials said.

Miami Herald

Amid controversy, Biden administration shortens visit by Cuban Border Guard officials

MIAMI — A planned visit this week by Cuban Border Guard officials to U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington has been canceled after complaints from Republican members of Congress.

Miami Herald

At least 58 deaths now reported after migrant boat breaks up in rough seas off coast of Italy

The Pope has offered his prayers

Manchester Evening News

At Port of Tacoma, unions step in to help foreign seafarers get paid

When grain-carrying ship ASL Uranus docked in the Port of Tacoma this month, 15 Burmese seafarers spoke up: They hadn’t been paid in full for seven months, unlike their Chinese and Vietnamese co-workers. Unions stepped in to help and ensure the workers’ safety.

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Coast Guard halts Lake Huron search for debris from shot-down airborne object

DETROIT — Federal agencies have suspended a search for debris from the unidentified airborne object that a military fighter jet shot down Feb. 12 over Lake Huron after nothing could be recovered amid wintry conditions.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard stops boat carrying more than 300 Haitians off Cuba

MIAMI — U.S. Coast Guard crews stopped a migrant boat carrying more than 300 people from Haiti offshore of Cuba, the agency said in a statement.

Reuters

U.S. blocks vessels from area near balloon shoot down

The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday it is imposing a temporary security zone in the waters off Surfside Beach, South Carolina in the area where the U.S. military on Saturday shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon.

The Independent UK

Man rescued from sea in viral video arrested for leaving fish at Goonies house

Police in Oregon have arrested a Canadian man who allegedly stole a yacht and had to be rescued by a Coast Guard swimmer

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The Independent UK

Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, 'Goonies' fish incident

Police in Oregon have arrested a Canadian man who allegedly stole a yacht and had to be rescued by a Coast Guard swimmer

Daily Mirror

Watch rookie coast guard swimmer rescue sailor as massive wave crushes his yacht

The US Coast Guard triangulated where the distress call was coming from and launched nearby vessels and a chopper to the scene, where Petty Officer Michael Clark dived into the ocean to rescue a yacht captain as his vessel sank at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and…

The Independent UK

Man dies after falling from cliff while filming a TikTok video

The body of 27-year-old Indiana resident Edgar Garay was found on Tuesday by emergency dive crews

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. shoots downs Chinese balloon off South Carolina coast

U.S. defense and military officials said Saturday that the balloon entered the U.S. air defense zone north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28 and moved largely over land across Alaska and then into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Monday.

The Independent UK

Coast Guard makes dramatic rescue as wave rolls yacht

A newly minted Coast Guard rescue swimmer saved a man's life at the mouth of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington state just after a giant wave rolled the yacht he was piloting and threw him into the surf

Daily Mirror

TikTok star dies after falling off 70ft coastal cliff while shooting videos

The young men fell off the 70ft high cliff in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, while trying to capture footage for social media despite warnings from his cousin to stay well clear of the cliff edge

Tribune News Service

Migrants in massive numbers try to reach Florida. What happens to their abandoned boats?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Grounded in sand bars, adrift in the sea or washed onto private beaches, the boats keep piling up: rafts made from Styrofoam, sailboats, hollowed-out drums attached to ironing boards.

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