At times the crews intent on assisting an injured forestry service worker in the Big Hill Road area of Hoopa on Monday had to crawl through brush on their hands and knees, said Rod Mendes, chief of Hoopa Fire and Office of Emergency Services. He said that while the rescue began at 9:30 in the […]
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Coasties Rescue Two Injured Firefighters from the Fireline
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay rescued two seriously injured firefighters from a ridge in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area early Friday morning, plucking them from a spot just yards away from the fire line and pulling them to safety. At about 9:15 p.m. Thursday, the U.S Forest Service asked for the Coast Guard’s help […]
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Coasties Save Two From Eel River Island
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two men from a small island near Crab County Park this weekend after they became stranded when their watercraft became disabled on the ocean side of the Eel River. According to a release, a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted one of the men around 8:30 p.m. Sunday […]
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Update: Badly Injured Boy Flown Out of the Area
A 4- or 5-year-old boy from the Hoopa area was taken by helicopter to an out-of-the-area hospital after receiving major injuries today in what appears to be an accident involving “some sort of firework,” according to Samantha Karges, public information specialist with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. “About 12:45 p.m. we received a call from Grasshopper […]
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Coasties Rescue Stranded Hiker Near Klamath River (Video)
A crew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay rescued a stranded hiker near the mouth of the Klamath River on Sunday. The hiker had contacted the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office at about 2:30 p.m. to report he’d become stranded at the bottom of a 300-foot cliff near the mouth of the Klamath River […]
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The Cove by Copter
Hiking is hard and your drone is starting to make you look creepy. But how else to see nature’s glory? As part of the Plein Air at the Lost Coast festivities on Oct. 3 and 4, Air Shasta took locals and visiting art enthusiasts up, up and away in its slick little Robinson R44 helicopter. […]
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Updated With Video: Coast Guard Chopper Rescues Sinking Fishermen
Update: The Coast Guard sent us this overhead video of the rescue, showing the helicopter crew lower a basket and pull the fishermen to safety. All that training pays off. Coasties pulled two men from a sinking fishing boat Friday, 35 miles off the coast of Punta Gorda. A rescue swimmer hoisted the crew of […]