If electronic communications don't work or you don't have them at hand, the Coast Guard lists a variety of ways to signal distress to vehicles close enough to see you, such as: ...

A Coast Guard ... to have it. I was not a big person for people to have them on jet skis, but this changed my mind that everybody should have this, no matter what vessel you take out there ...

US Coast Guard responded after someone called 911, saying two boogie boarders were missing. Cannon Beach Firefighters deployed two rescue swimmers on the beach to try and find the pair ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – The Coast Guard rescued three people after a fishing vessel capsized 40 miles offshore from Caillou Bay Thursday. The Coast Guard received a satellite distress alert from ...