DATE: April 18, 2009 23:42:39 CST

Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

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Video Release

Date: April 18, 2009

Contact: Coast Guard Public Affairs (206) 391-5864

Kindred residents rescued from Red River flood waters

FARGO, N.D. -- In this video released by the U.S. Coast Guard, federal, state and local agencies
offer assistance to a couple and their three dogs trapped by Red River flood waters near Kindred, N.D., Saturday April 18, 2009.

High resolution video is available at the following link: http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=526924 

Coast Guard aircrews and boatcrews have conducted several patrols of flood-affected areas along the Sheyenne, Red, and James rivers since Monday, April 16, 2009, including the rescue of two women near Lisbon, N.D. on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

Current Coast Guard units assisting city, state and other federal resources are:

  • A Disaster Assistance Response Team from Marine Safety Detatchment St. Paul, Minn.
  • A DART from MSD Quad Cities in Rock Island, Ill.
  • An MH-65C rescue helicopter and crew from Air Station New Orleans.
  • An HH-65C rescue helicopter and crew from Air Station Traverse City, Mich.
  • An HH-65C rescue helicopter from Traverse City, Mich.
  • An HH-65C rescue helicopter from Air Station Detroit, Mich.
  • An airboat from Station Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.
  • An airboat from Station Saginaw, Mich.
  • An airboat from Station Marblehead, Ohio.
  • An airboat from Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
  • A smallboat from the Coast Guard Cutter Scioto.
  • A smallboat from the Coast Guard Cutter Sangamon.

 

 

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