Multimedia Available: Coast Guard rescues five Anchorage-residents 80 miles north of Kodiak
Hat Tip: Anchorage Daily News: AP reports Boat sinks north of Kodiak By DAN JOLING The Associated Press
http://www.adn.com/2011/05/22/1876406/boat-sinks-north-of-kodiak-coast.html
Multimedia Available: Coast Guard rescues five Anchorage-residents 80 miles north of Kodiak
17th District Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
Multimedia Release
Date: May 22, 2011
(907) 321-4176
Multimedia Available: Coast Guard rescues five Anchorage-residents 80 miles north of Kodiak
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KODIAK, Alaska - The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak locate the 60-foot vessel Nordic Mistress as it sinks beneath the waves of the Gulf of Alaska and the five-member crew of the vessel in a liferaft 80 miles north of Kodiak May 22, 2011. All five crewmembers were rescued and brought to Kodiak. U.S. Coast Guard video by Lt. Vince Jansen. KODIAK, Alaska - The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak delivers the five-member crew of the 60-foot vessel Nordic Mistress to Kodiak May 22, 2011. The Nordic Mistress sank 80 miles north of Kodiak Island just east of Kennedy Entrance in the Gulf of Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis. KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 3rd Class Ralph Aguero, an aviation survival technician, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lloyd, an aviation maintenance technician, work to hoist five survivors of the 60-foot Nordic Mistress after it sank 80 miles north of Kodiak Island just east of Kennedy Entrance in the Gulf of Alaska May 22, 2011. Lt. Jon Bartel and Lt. Vince Jansen piloted the rescue aircraft and returned everyone safely to Kodiak. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Kodiak (CG6015). KODIAK, Alaska - The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak recount the rescue of the five-member crew of the 60-foot vessel Nordic Mistress to Kodiak May 22, 2011. The Nordic Mistress sank 80 miles north of Kodiak Island just east of Kennedy Entrance in the Gulf of Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis. KODIAK, Alaska - The 60-foot Nordic Mistress slips beneath the waves of the Gulf of Alaska May 22, 2011, 80 miles north of Kodiak. A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak rescued the five members of the crew from a liferaft after they abandoned ship. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lloyd. KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 3rd Class Ralph Aguero, an aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak, approaches the five survivors of the 60-foot recreational vessel Nordic Mistress 80 miles North of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska just east of Kennedy Entrance May 22, 2011. The Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from the captain of the vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lloyd. KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 3rd Class Ralph Aguero, an aviation survival technician with Air Station Kodiak, tows a survivor of the 60-foot recreational vessel Nordic Mistress from the liferaft to the helicopter for pick up in a rescue basket 80 miles North of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska just east of Kennedy Entrance May 22, 2011. The Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from the captain of the vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Vince Jansen. KODIAK, Alaska - The five survivors of the sinking of the 60-foot vessel Nordic Mistress sit in the cabin of the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak with the crew that rescued them en route to Kodiak May 22, 2011. The crew issued a mayday when they began taking on water 80 miles north of Kodiak, donned survival suits, got into a liferaft with their emergency position indicating radio beacon and lit off a flare when they saw the helicopter. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lloyd. KODIAK, Alaska - Lt. Jon Bartel, right obscured, and Lt. Vince Jansen, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilots from Air Station Kodiak, Petty Officer 3rd Class Ralph Aguero, orange and yellow, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lloyd, center, discuss the circumstances of the sinking of the 60-foot vessel Nordic Mistress with the vessel's captain, green and grey, following the rescue of all five aboard May 22, 2011. Another suvivor, left, and responders from Coast Guard Fire and Rescue at Air Station Kodiak listen to the captain's story. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis. |
For more information please contact Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally at 907-321-4176 |
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