Dance floor brawl involving 60 people breaks out on cruise ship Vessel escorted by US Coast Guard after fight breaks out involving up to 60 people The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022
Biden swipes at China with memorandum to combat illegal fishing U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed a national security memorandum to fight illegal fishing, part of pledged efforts to help countries combat alleged violations by fishing fleets, including those of China. Reuters · Jun 27, 2022
Coast Guard: Overdue sailors are safe, on course to Virginia The U.S. Coast Guard says two overdue boaters have been found safe The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022
Couple vanish on sailing trip from US to Portugal Jones’s daughter says ‘she hadn’t received any communication from her mother since they departed’ The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
Bigger than Mariel: 140,000 Cubans have arrived at US borders since October MIAMI — The number of Cubans fleeing poverty and oppression on the island surpassed the Mariel exodus of 1980, as U.S. government data reveals that more than 140,000 Cubans have been detained at U.S. borders between October last year and May. Miami Herald · Jun 22, 2022
Coast Guard: 2 boaters overdue after scrubbing Azores trip The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two people reported overdue after they decided to return to Virginia in their weather-damaged boat instead of continuing to Portugal’s Azores The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022
US, Iran in tense sea incident; Tehran preps new centrifuges A U.S. Navy warship has fired a warning flare to wave off an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat coming straight at it during a tense encounter in the strategic Strait of Hormuz The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022
US Coast Guard returns 45 migrants to Cuba after they were stopped off the Florida Keys The U.S. Coast Guard sent 45 people back to Cuba on Sunday after stopping them off the Florida Keys last week. Miami Herald · Jun 19, 2022
Two killed and 10 people rescued after boat collision in Florida’s Biscayne Bay Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating incident The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2022
Mum drowns in heroic bid to save son, 6, still missing after falling in river An unnamed mum drowned and her six-year-old son is missing, with a search now called off, after a family's fishing trip to a Massachusetts river turned into tragedy Daily Mirror · Jun 11, 2022
‘Invisible shipwrecks:’ How a boat with US-bound Haitian migrants disappeared at sea MIAMI — They were told to dress totally in black and to leave cellphones and all identifying documents, including passports, behind. Miami Herald · Jun 7, 2022
US Coast Guard returns 223 migrants back to Haiti, Cuba. Some stopped off Florida Keys MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard returned 223 U.S.-bound migrants back to Haiti and Cuba on Tuesday after detaining eight migrant boats at sea during the Memorial Day weekend. Miami Herald · Jun 1, 2022
Body pulled from Lake Michigan in Wilmette identified as missing UIC grad student Daniel Sotelo, 26, had last been seen on April 29 in the 1700 block of South Racine Avenue in Pilsen. His body was discovered on May 22. Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2022
All Hands On Wreck: Boaters Flee Terrifying Yacht Fire Terrified boaters had to leap for safety when their luxury cruiser went up on a fireball off the coast of Mississippi. Zenger · May 27, 2022
The Independent UK · May 26, 2022 'No future for babies:' 842 US-bound Haitians end up in Cuba Some of the more than 840 Haitians who tried to reach the United States in a boat but ended up in Cuba say Thursday that they fled violence in their country and were charged thousands of dollars by smugglers who ushered them onto a dilapidated boat and later abandoned them…
The Independent UK · May 26, 2022 Alaska airplane crash injures all four passengers on board All four people travelling on the charter flight in rural Alaska were injured, officials say
The Independent UK · May 25, 2022 Boat with reported 842 Haitian migrants winds up in Cuba Cuban state news media say that a single vessel carrying 842 Haitians who apparently were trying to reach the United States has landed instead in central Cuba
Zenger · May 24, 2022 VIDEO: Broken Sails: U.S. Coast Guard Medevac 4 Men From Broken Boat The U.S. Coast Guard went into action to save the crew of the 39-foot sailing yacht Calypso after it encountered a rogue wave that toppled its mast in rough seas some 80 nautical miles from New York’s Long Island Sound.
Miami Herald · May 16, 2022 Search for survivors suspended in Haitian migrant boat capsize near Puerto Rico that left 11 dead After days searching more than 6,600 square miles of ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard stopped looking for possible survivors Sunday night after an overloaded boat carrying Haitian migrants overturned near Puerto Rico’s western coast last week.
Reuters · May 16, 2022 Coast Guard calls off search for survivors from capsized Haitian migrant vessel The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it had called off the search for survivors from last week's capsizing of a vessel carrying Haitian migrants that left at least 11 dead.
Miami Herald · May 13, 2022 Survivor search continues after migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, leaving 11 dead Federal and state authorities in Puerto Rico continued searching for survivors Friday morning after a boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized near the U.S. territory’s western coast the day before, leaving 11 women dead.
The Independent UK · May 13, 2022 Fatal boat trip highlights Haitians fleeing violence Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they step onto rickety wooden boats as they attempt to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing
Zenger · May 13, 2022 Coast Guard Makes Dramatic Rescue After Rogue Wave Wrecks Sailboat Injured four-man sailing crew airlifted to safety on Long Island.
Reuters · May 13, 2022 Eleven dead after Haitian migrant vessel capsizes near Puerto Rico At least 11 people drowned when a vessel carrying Haitian migrants capsized near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, amid a steady increase in migrants attempting reach U.S. shores in dangerous marine voyages.
The Independent UK · May 12, 2022 11 dead and 31 rescued after boat capsizes in waters off Puerto Rico Overturned craft was initially spotted by a US Customs and Border Protection helicopter