Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65E Dolphin helicopter aircrew conduct hoist training with Coast Guard Station Islamorada, Islamorada, Florida, Nov. 17, 2022.
This training is for the safe deployment and recovery of an aviation survival technician during rescue operations.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Hernandez.
MIAMI — A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65E Dolphin aircrew conducted the rescue of four survivors near St. Lucie Inlet.
After this rescue, the Coast Guard suspended its search for five other missing people from a suspected failed smuggling venture, Sunday, pending the development of new information. The Coast Guard crews searched by air and sea for approximately seven hours, covering more than 1,240 square miles.
The four boaters were rescued by a Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew and transported to local emergency medical services (EMS) at Stuart Airport. After the rescue, a survivor reported the vessel departed Bimini with 9 people on Friday, and it capsized early Saturday morning.
On Sunday, A good Samaritan reported an overturned 25-foot vessel with four people clinging to it Coast Guard Sector Miami command center watchstanders.
The survivors were transported ashore at Stuart Airport. U.S. Coast Guard video edited by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Strasburg.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami.
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami.
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area.
U.S. Coast Guard Southeast.
“The decision to suspend a search is always difficult and never taken lightly,” said Chief Warrant Officer Edgardo Insignares, a Coast Guard Sector Miami search and rescue mission coordinator. “Smugglers routinely exploit vulnerable aliens for profit while putting their lives at risk aboard overloaded and unseaworthy vessels. These dangerous and illegal voyages must not be attempted. Safe, legal and orderly migration saves lives. Don’t take to the sea.”
Crews involved in the search:
- Homeland Security Investigations
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
- Martin County Sheriff’s Office
- Martin County Fire Rescue
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