An end of the year compilation of the top Coast Guard search and rescue (SAR) video clips of 2007
The United States Coast Guard has produced a compilation of the best rescue videos of 2007. Search and rescue is one of the many important mission performed by the service that has documented more than a million lives saves since its inception in 1790.
In a press release announcing the video compilation's release, Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen says, "As America's lifesavers and guardians of the seas, Coast Guard men and women commit themselves every day to serving our nation and its people with selfless courage and unflinching determination. What began as America's only lifesaving service charged with the dangerous duty of saving sailors from shipwrecks along our coasts has evolved into a modern-day, multi-mission Coast Guard that demonstrates the same commitment to saving lives that it did more than 200 years ago."
Top Coast Guard Rescue Videos of 2007 - The service has released a compilation for rescue video clips of these incidents:
A HH-65C aircrew from Port Angeles, Washington conducts rescue operations in Lewis County, Washington on 3 December. The Coast Guard rescued more than 160 people in flooding of the Pacific Northwest in December
A boat crew from Barnegat Light, New Jersey rescued three people from the water just before their boat sank and capsized in August
A HH-65C aircrew from Port Angeles, Washington and a boat crew from nearby Station Bellingham helped four people in distress on the S/V Shekinech aground at the south end of Lopez Island, Washington. All aboard and the vessel were rescued from the rocks in May
Aircrew from Houston, Texas rescued four people from the Colorado River after their boat went over a dam near Bay City in April. Coast Guard personnel worked under difficult circumstances. The helicopter's rescue hoist cable was perilously close to the dam and power lines during the save
Personnel from Clearwater, Florida and Borinquen, Puerto Rico offered aid to survivors of Tropical Storm Noel in November. Aircrew performed a number of medical evacuations of survivors due to access limited by severe flooding and mudslides
Personnel from Coast Guard Cutter Liberty rescue cruise ship passengers from the Empress of the North after it ran aground on Icy Strait Point, Alaska in May
A HH-65C aircrew from Detroit, Michigan rescue two people from a roof in Shelby, Ohio. Coast Guard personnel assisted with rescue and evacuation of Midwest flooding survivers across the region in August
A HH-65C aircrew from Humboldt Bay, California rescue a women attempting to cross the Pacific in a rowboat ninety miles off the California coast in August
A HH-65C aircrew from Port Angeles, Washington hoisted a man off nearby Brother Mountain in May after he was injured and unable to move. Occurring at more than 7,000 feet in elevation, this rescue is the highest rescue ever performed by the Coast Guard in the region
A HH-65C aircrew from Houston, Texas rescued the survivors of a helicopter that crashed 130 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas. Due to extended time on scene searching for the two survivors, the Coast Guard Dolphin was forced to refuel on an offshore oil platform to make it back home
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