Oahu, Coast Guard
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U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy aircrews on Friday, March 20, rescued seven people and one dog from flash floods on Oʻahu. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders just before 10:30 a.m. Friday received a report about stranded people in distress and immediately coordinated response of an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter crew from Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37.
A handwritten “SOS” message in the sand helped save two stranded Hawaii visitors as flash floods swept across Oahu, where Coast Guard and Navy crews also rescued five people and a dog from a rooftop.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Newport rescued a hiker on Saturday after they found themselves stranded on a steep cliff at God’s Thumb, near Lincoln City. North Lincoln Fire & Rescue called in the request for a Coast Guard air rescue after firefighters concluded that they couldn’t safely conduct a rope rescue from the ground,
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter hoists a rescue swimmer and simulated casualty from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship Oscar Dyson (R-224) during a ship-to-shore medical evacuation exercise Feb.