A rescue swimmer loaded the people - and the cat - into a basket so they could be hoisted into the helicopter.

The U.S. Coast Guard wants new Sikorsky rescue helicopters to replace aging H-65 Dolphins in use since the 1980s.

New MH-60R Seahawk-based helicopters will give the Coast Guard a boost in capability over its smaller and aging MH-65s.

Audio recordings released by the Coast Guard capture the distress of a family who was rescued two days after their boat ...

The family spent over a day stranded on Naushon Island before the Coast Guard received a distress call from them Wednesday ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit rescued three people and a cat from a boat that ran aground in Lake Huron late ...

A MAJOR rescue response was called off in Cork yesterday, following a hoax emergency call. The hoax occurred at the Old Head ...

The U.S. Coast Guard wants new Sikorsky rescue helicopters to replace aging H-65 Dolphins in use since the 1980s.

Three people who became stranded on an island off Martha's Vineyard after jumping off their burning boat and swimming ashore ...

A stranded family was rescued on an island off Cape Cod after their boat caught fire, forcing them to swim to land, the U.S.

A Coast Guard rescue helicopter brought three victims into Cape Cod Gateway Airport where they were picked up by Hyannis FD and taken to CC Hospital ...

"We saw a lot of damage," says Lt. Blake David Brostrom. "We saw homes that were as much as 3 miles away from where they ...