From major drug busts to miraculous rescues, the U.S. Coast Guard has just released its top 11 video compilation for 2009. The video highlights the year’s most compelling cases from the work done every day by America’s Guardians.
The top 11 video compilation includes 5 local scenes:
- The rescue of a paraglider pilot who crashed on the shoreline of Cape Lookout near Tillamook, Ore., by an aircrew from Air Station Astoria, Ore.
- A medical evacuation of a crewmember from a U.S. Navy submarine off the coast of Washington, by an aircrew from Air Station Astoria, Ore.
- The rescue of two crewmembers from a fishing vessel on fire 10 miles off the coast of Long Beach, Wash., by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active and aircrew from Air Station Astoria, Ore.
- The rescue of six people from their capsized vessel two miles from the Columbia River, Wash., by a boatcrew from Cape Disappointment, Wash., and an aircrew from Air Station Astoria, Ore.
- The rescue of a man whose canoe flipped in heavy surf in the Necanicum River near Gearheart, Ore., by an aircrew from Air Station Astoria, Ore.
The public is encouraged to vote online at the Coast Guard’s YouTube channel for their favorite video in the Coast Guard’s best video of 2009 contest.
