Coast Guard operating in "crisis" as shutdown halts pay, strains missions overseas
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
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The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
The girls — ages 14, 13, 10 and 8 — had paddleboarded to the island from Black Beach in Silver Bay, Minnesota, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
The Coast Guard rescued two from Lake Superior Friday night, per officials. The incident happened near Bayfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday marks one year since the Titan sub lost contact about one hour and 45 minutes into its voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic.
The ship started taking on water after it struck something underwater in Lake Superior.
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to the oil spill, and will determine its extent and initiate "containment and cleanup processes."
Leo, a three-year-old golden retriever, fell about 300 feet and was stuck between the high cliffs and the Pacific Ocean, but is expected to survive his injuries.
Dan Ho told one of his rescuers, "I thought I was done," according to Newsday.
The remotely operated vehicle, called Odysseus 6K, initially located the debris field that included fragments of the lost submersible last week.
A sub that set out to explore the Titanic wreckage vanished in the North Atlantic, prompting a massive search and rescue operation.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the sub experienced a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," and confirmed that a debris field found on the sea floor was pieces of the missing sub.
The sub went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic.
U.S. Coast Guard officials said 5 people were aboard the submersible that lost contact about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, where the Titanic sank in 1912.
