Date: August 21, 2007 

Contact: Lt. Ben Norris
U.S. Coast Guard
Air Station Detroit
(586) 307-6702, phone 

USCG AIR STATION ASSISTS FLOOD VICTIMS IN OHIO 

DETROIT - U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit launched a helicopter, today, to assist Ohio flood victims.

An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter was launched this afternoon and recovered two people from the roof of a house in the city of Shelby, Ohio.

The Coast Guard helicopter was requested to assist with the search of flood victims by the Richland County Emergency Management Agency.

For more information or to interview the helicopter crew, contact Lt. Ben Norris, CG Air Station Detroit, at (586) 307-6702.

The flight crew of CG 6598 is:

• Lt. j.g. Mark Wyckoff, pilot
• Lt. j.g. Derek Lehr, pilot
• Petty Officer Matt Jordan, flight mechanic
• Petty Officer Brian Doolittle, rescue swimmer

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit is co-located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Mt. Clemens, Mich.  Their missions include search-and-rescue; port, waterways and coastal security; illegal drug and migrant interdiction; enforcement of U.S. fisheries laws; marine law enforcement; marine environmental protection; ice surveillance operations and defense readiness in the Eastern Great Lakes.

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