Known as some of the toughest and most highly trained rescue personnel in the U.S. military, Coast Guard rescue swimmers—officially Aviation Survival Technicians (ASTs)—are called upon in the most ...

The hiker and a companion had wandered off the remote 53-mile hiking path that follows the northern California coastline of ...

Three passengers remain missing after a boat capsized in the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. Four others were rescued, and one person was found dead.

The volunteer lifeboat crew at Howth RNLI launched their inshore lifeboat twice on day of fine weather to reports of swimmers ...

A RNLI lifeboat was launched this afternoon to assist swimmers in difficulty in north Dublin. The Howth RNLI lifeboat was ...

A search for five missing passengers who were on a boat that capsized off the coast of Florida remains active after ...

The new Irish Coast Guard rescue helicopter operator has been banned from transporting patients on stretchers in their newly leased aircraft as they are not compliant with safety regulations.

“Upon reaching shore, rescue swimmers found two hikers stranded ... he could have sustained fatal or near-fatal injuries. The Coast Guard helicopter dropped a rescuer on a hoist, who first ...

There was life-and-death drama off Point Lonsdale around noon Saturday when 17 lucky ocean swimmers were rescued from rough seas after surf lifesavers who happened to be training nearby were called on ...

Howth RNLI said the good weather we are experiencing at the moment is "bringing more people to the coast than we would ...