Mishaps & Rescues Mid-Atlantic - October

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Angler bitten by shark

Air Station New Orleans

The Coast Guard medevaced a 56-year-old man who was bitten by a shark while fishing near Breton Island about 65 miles southeast of New Orleans in Breton Sound.

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Mishaps & Rescues Connecticut & NY

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REEF HOLES 47-FOOTER -

On July 3 around 1 p.m., this 47-foot Alden picnic boat hit Watch Hill Reef off Watch Hill, R.I., and began sinking. The boat had a broken propeller, struts and rudders, and the hull was completely penetrated on the port side, according to Don Rich, president of TowBoatU.S. in Mystic, Conn. There was also damage to the running gear on the starboard side. The boat rescue was a seven-hour process, he says.

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Mishaps & Rescues - New England

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Mishaps & Rescues – Mid Atlantic

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African Partnership - Coast Guard Ensign Kristins Stefaniuk, a landing signal officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Legare, instructs tie-down team members that they are clear to move away from the HH-60 Jayhawk during underway training exercises in the Atlantic Ocean. The Legare home-ported in Portsmouth, Va., and its crew are deploying to several countries off the west and central coast of Africa in support of the African Partnership Station, under the direction of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa-Europe, Sixth Fleet.

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