Air Station Houston News Release

• November 01, 2009
  Coast Guard medevacs two men following helicopter crash in Gulf of Mexico
  
• October 29, 2009
  Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel in Gulf of Mexico
  
• September 17, 2009
  Coast Guard medevacs man from tank ship in Gulf of Mexico
  
• August 30, 2009
  VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard assists three fishermen in Gulf of Mexico
  
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  August 10, 2009
  Coast Guard's Rescue 21 System helps rescue two teens (VIDEO UPDATE)
  
  HOUSTON — By using the latest in search and rescue technology, the Coast Guard was able to quickly rescue two teenagers after their vessel began taking on water and sank about 30 miles from shore Monday. The teens were in a 21-foot vessel south of Sabine Pass when their vessel started taking on water at 8:50 a.m. and eventually sank. A Coast Guard MH-65C helicopter crew was dispatched from Houston and quickly located the boaters. The young men were hoisted from the water and taken to the Lake Charles airport. The Rescue 21 system aided in this rescue by providing searchers with a single line of bearing from where the mayday call originated, thereby greatly reducing the search area. Installed in the Houston - Galveston area in October 2008 and formally accepted in June 2009, Rescue 21 is the Coast Guard's critical command, control and communications acquisition project, offering cutting edge technology to mariners nationwide. It is the backbone of the National Maritime Distress and Response System, a maritime version of 9-1-1 that allows the boating public, the Coast Guard and other response agencies to communicate more effectively during emergency situations in the marine environment. "The direction finding capability on Rescue 21 was 100% pertinent to the rescue of these two men," said Zack Edwards, the lead command center controller at Sector Houston-Galveston. The advanced Rescue 21 system offers: Direction-finding capability. Reduction of coverage gaps along the coast. Improved call clarity. Enhanced playback capability. Digital archiving of calls. Increased and simultaneous channel monitoring capacity. For more information about Rescue 21, please visit http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/rescue21/default.asp.
• August 10, 2009
  Coast Guard's Rescue 21 system helps rescue two teens
  
• June 07, 2009
  ****VIDEO AVAILABLE**** Coast Guard rescues two people in Galveston Bay after catamaran capsizes
  
• June 04, 2009
  Coast Guard searches for man in vicinity of Holly Beach
  
• May 18, 2009
  ***CORRECTION*** Coast Guard rescues two children, searches for one adult off the Port O'Connor coast
  
• April 23, 2009
  4-23-09: Coast Guard Air Station Houston adds an additional layer to port security