SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Coast Guard rescue crews are searching Monday for two fishermen reportedly overdue aboard 19 foot-wooden-blue fishing vessel (yola) off the southeastern coast of Guayama, Puerto Rico.

The missing fishermen are residents of Guayama, Puerto Rico.

Coast Guard Watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a telephone call Monday morning from the 911 emergency operation, who relayed a report from the brother of one of the fishermen stating the men departed at 2 p.m. Sunday from Puerto de las Mareas in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The men reportedly did not return from their fishing trip at midnight when they were expected to arrive.   

Searching are:

• A rescue aircrew aboard a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station  Miami.

• A rescue crew aboard a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the missing men is requested to contact the Coast Guard Sector San Juan Command Center at 787-289-2041.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews at Sector San Juan ended their search Monday morning in Mona Passage waters for a missing crewman aboard the 498-foot Panamanian cargo vessel Crown Topaz. 

The Coast Guard launched a multi-day search for the 27-year-old man after Coast Guard Watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a call at 9 a.m. Saturday from the Crown Topaz reporting the incident.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and families of the missing mariner," said Captain Eduardo Pino, Coast Guard Sector San Juan commander.

The crewmen aboard the Crown Topaz reported last seeing the mariner at 11 p.m. Friday and they noticed he was missing when he did not report to his watch at 7 a.m. Saturday.

The Crown Topaz was en route to Portugal from Costa Rica transiting the Mona Passage east of Isla Saona, Dominican Republic and around the northwest coast of Puerto Rico at the time the mariner went missing.

Since the search began Saturday, Coast Guard rescue crews searched approximately 3,830 square nautical miles, an area approximately the size of Puerto Rico, aboard surface and air assets, including MH-65 Dolphin helicopters from Air Station Borinquen, Aguadilla, an HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station Miami,  Coast Guard Cutter’s Cushing and Reef Shark and Coast Guard Auxliary aircraft. 

Coast Guard Cutter’s Cushing and Reef Shark are 110-foot and 87-foot patrol boats respectively home ported in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Coast Guard is investigating a parasailing accident that occurred in the vicinity of Pier 60 near Clearwater Beach., Sunday.

Watchstanders and Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., received several reports at approximately 3 p.m., from third-party 911 relays, of a parasailing vessel that lost its parasail with two persons attached, causing the passengers to be injured when they landed on the beach.

Good Samaritans on the beach contacted local emergency medical personnel who arrived on scene to treat the two individuals. One individual was treated and released while the other was taken to Bay Front Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Fla.

A 25-foot small resonse boat crew from Coast Guard Station Sand Key, Fla., was launched at approximately 3:15 p.m., to intercept the parasailing vessel, which is owned by the Sky Screamer Parasailing Company, located in Clearwater.

Boast crew members from Coast Guard Station Sand Key located the vessel at Clearwater Municipal Marina.

Members from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Pinellas County Sheriff's Department and Clearwater Police Department are assisting the Coast Guard in the investigation.

Editor's Note: To view and download Coast Guard rescue footage, please click on the above image. 

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard rescued seven people approximately 25-miles off the coast of Charleston Sunday morning.

Rescued were four adults and three children.

All seven people were aboard a 38-foot powerboat that began sinking after the engine compartment flooded. All seven boaters abandoned ship and all were wearing lifejackets. The Coast Guard was initially notified Saturday at 10 p.m. from the wife of the boat owner to report that they were overdue. 

Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., and Air Facility Charleston searched throughout the night and one rescue swimmer, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Booher, in coordination with both helicopters rescued all seven people.  The rescue crews located the missing boaters at 6:02 a.m. 25-miles east of Charleston. All seven survivors were transported to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston where they were evaluated. 

"We were in the air for six hours by the time our flight mechanic spotted them in the moonlight," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Booher, an aviation survival technician with Coast Guard Air Station Savannah. "The front of the boat was sticking in the air about four feet and they were clinging to a cooler. They had no lights, no signaling device, no EPIRB and no radio." 

The missing boaters were in the water for approximately 20 hours. 

"We were approaching our final search pattern before we would have to return to base," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Ben Rosen, an aviation electronics technician. "I had a lucky glimpse of what appeared to be a debris field. We turned around and determined it was in fact the missing boaters." 

This was Rosen's first ever rescue in his four year career. "It's pretty awesome to find them and bring them back safe," said Rosen. 

Also assisting with the search was a C-130 air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and the crew of the Charleston based 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin.

Editor's Note: Video of the rescue will be made available soon. In the meantime, all media are requested to contact Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson at (305) 213 - 9235 for more information. 

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard rescued 7 people 30-miles off the coast of Charleston Sunday morning.

Rescued were 4 adults and 3 children.

All 7 people were aboard a 38-foot powerboat that had capsized. The Coast Guard was notified at 10 p.m. Saturday from the wife of the boat owner who indicated that the boat was overdue. 

Two Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crews from Air Station Savannah, Ga., hoisted all 7 people after locating them at 6:02 a.m. 30-miles east of Charleston. All 7 survivors are being transported to the Medical University of South Carolina where they will be evaluated. 

The capsized powerboat was located submerged in the vicinity of the rescue location. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time. 

Also assisting with the search was a C-130 air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and the crew of the Charleston based 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Yellowfin.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Coast Guard has suspended the search pending the development of new information for a missing swimmer off the coast of Hunting Island Beach in Beaufort, S.C. 

Missing is Joseph Scott, 31. 

The Coast Guard assisted the Beaufort Sheriff's Department with the search.  At approximately 4:20 p.m. Saturday, five people were swimming together at Hunting Island Beach and reported that the missing swimmer did not surface after going under the water. 

A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., and a 25-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Tybee Island, Ga., were involved in the search. 

The Coast Guard reminds the boating public and beachgoers to monitor coastal and offshore weather conditions prior to swimming and boating offshore. 

The greatest safety precaution that can be taken is to recognize the danger of rip currents and always remember to swim at beaches with lifeguards. The Coast Guard recommends swimmers and surfers avoid beaches where lifeguards are not on duty.

To monitor present conditions of local beaches, please click here: http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/forecasts.shtml

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Coast Guard and local law enforcement are searching for a missing swimmer off the coast of Hunting Island Beach in Beaufort, S.C. 

Missing is Joseph Scott, 31. 

The Coast Guard is assisting the Beaufort Sheriff's Department with the search.  At approximately 4:20 p.m. Saturday, five people were swimming together at Hunting Island Beach and reported that the missing swimmer did not surface after going under the water. 

A Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., and a 25-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Tybee Island, Ga., are searching. 

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard rescued two people from the life boat of a sailing vessel in the Juan De Fuca Strait at approximately 9:15 p.m., Friday.

The two men entered the the lifeboat of the 26-foot sailing vessel Pia, near Smith Island, Wash., after the vessel was beset by inclement weather.

The crew contacted the U.S. Coast Guard by VHF marine band radio stating that they were in distress.  The Coast Guard launched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles, Wash.  Once on scene, the helicopter crew deployed a rescue swimmer and hoisted the two men into the helicopter using a rescue basket. The men were transported back to Port Angeles with no reported injuries.

Both men were wearing lifejackets when they were recovered by the Coast Guard.

The sailing vessel is adrift in Juan De Fuca Strait with no personnel on board and the Coast Guard is issuing periodic radio broadcasts warning mariners of the navigational hazard. The owner will hire a commercial salvage company to recover the vessel if possible when weather conditions improve.

For more information please contact Coast Guard Public Affairs at (206) 220-7237.

ARCTIC OCEAN – Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara (left) watches as the Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice along with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent approximately 560 miles north of Barrow, Alaska, during an Arctic domain awareness flight Sept. 3, 2010. 

The Healy is designed to conduct a wide range of research activities, provide more than 4,200 square feet of scientific laboratory space, numerous electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches and accommodations for up to 50 scientists.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Kodiak.

VALDEZ, Alaska - Coast Guard Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, Coast Guard vice commandant and Alice Hill, senior counselor to the secretary of Homeland Security, tour the Port of Valdez aboard a Coast Guard Station Valdez response boat small Sept. 3, 2010.

Brice-O'Hara and Hill visited Valdez as part of a Department of Homeland Security familiarization visit to Alaska. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley.

VALDEZ, Alaska - From left to right Coast Guard Capt. Norman Custard, chief of staff 17th District, Alice Hill, senior counselor to the secretary of Homeland Security, Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, Coast Guard vice commandant, Capt. Darryl Verfaillie, Marine Safety Unit Valdez commander, Betty McIntosh, Alyeska public relations, Capt. Jason Fosdick, Sector Anchorage commander, Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Murafsky, Marine Safety Unit Valdez and Lt. Michael Maas, military aid to the deputy secretary of Homeland Security stand at the terminus of the 800-mile Alaska petroleum pipeline, Sept. 3, 2010.

Brice-O'Hara and Hill visited Valdez as part of a Department of Homeland Security familiarization visit to Alaska.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley.

KODIAK, Alaska - Lt. Christopher Stoeckler, an MH-60 pilot with Air Station Kodiak, explains the course of events during the rescue of victims from the recent plane crash case that claimed the life of former Alaska senator Ted Stevens to Coast Guard Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, Coast Guard vice commandant and Alice Hill, senior counselor to the secretary of Homeland Security, during a visit to the Air Station Sept. 3, 2010.

The dignitaries visit to Kodiak was an effort to better understand the scope of Alaska operations and the inherent challenges of operating in the remote region.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Cmdr. Andrew Raiha, commanding officer Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley, shows recent upgrades in the ship's engineering control room to Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, Coast Guard vice commandant and Alice Hill, senior counselor to the secretary of Homeland Security, Sept. 3, 2010.

The Alex Haley is in an extended maintenance period, but effected a significant rescue of 28 survivors from the Taiwanese fishing vessel Hou Chun 11 in the South Pacific during an 80-day patrol in February, these and other aspects of the crew's missions were discussed to form a full picture of Alaska medium and high endurance cutter operations.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

KODIAK, Alaska - Cmdr. Keith Ropella, commanding officer Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, discusses the legacy of the SPARs with Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, vice commandant, during a visit aboard the SPAR Sept. 3, 2010.

SPAR's officer and chief's mess detailed the crew's experience in the Arctic as part of several annual exercises for Brice-O'Hara and Alice Hill, senior counselor to the secretary of Homeland Security, as well as the many challenges of operating in Alaska.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.