Coast Guard rescues 3 people and dog near Bayou Herron

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NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard rescued three people and a dog after a boat capsized near Bayou Herron, Mississippi, Friday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 11:32 p.m. Thursday of a capsized vessel with three people in the water as well as their dog in the vicinity of Bayou Herron.

Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew.

The helicopter crew arrived on scene, located the survivors and hoisted the three people and dog. The survivors were transported to Mobile Airport in reportedly good health.

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Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship in Gulf of Mexico

The Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 230 nautical miles off shore Southwest Pass, Louisiana, November 17, 2018.

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 230 nautical miles off shore Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Saturday.

Watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District command center received a report from the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway at 9:15 a.m. of a 64-year-old female suffering from abdominal pain.

District watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry air crew and a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter air crew to medevac the woman.

The helicopter crew hoisted the woman and transferred her to West Jefferson Medical Center in fair condition.

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Coast Guard medevacs man from Lake Borgne, Louisiana

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NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel in Lake Borgne, Louisiana, Sunday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 7 a.m. of a 52-year-old man aboard a fishing vessel in Lake Borgne who was going in and out of consciousness.

Sector watchstanders diverted an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans to medevac the man.

The helicopter crew arrived on scene at 9:39 a.m., hoisted the man and transported him to University Hospital in New Orleans in stable condition.

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