On Oct. 27, CBS News aired a “60 minutes” 13-minute segment, “U.S. Coast Guard trains elite rescuers in dangerous area called ‘Graveyard of the Pacific,’” filmed at the Columbia River Bar, about ...

When four fishermen head out for a day of salmon fishing off the coast, they don't suspect the fair weather will turn into a survival situation.

Fifty knots of winds. It's raining, hailing," said Chief Eric Ceallaigh, who was chief instructor at the Coast Guard's National Motor Lifeboat School. Ceallaigh was training students at the spot ...

Come to starboard. On a wet February afternoon, we're on board a 47 foot U.S. Coast Guard motor lifeboat with Chief Eric Ceallaigh at the helm, driving through breaking surf barely a hundred yards ...

The U.S. Coast Guard's elite surfmen are trusted to drive lifeboats on the most challenging rescue missions. They train in ...

The crew called out for help and the Coast Guard dispatched a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Quillayute River and an MH-60 Jayhawk crew from its Air Station in Astoria.

The Coast Guard sent a Motor Lifeboat (MLB), a helicopter and a rescue tugboat to help bring the Luther back to port. To keep the boat from sinking, the crew of the Luther released the concrete barge.

to document training of members of the U.S. Coast Guard who are working to graduate from the National Motor Lifeboat School to earn the title of certified Surfmen. In the story, Whitaker will talk ...

All crew members were transferred to a Coast Guard motor lifeboat. One crew member fell in the water during the rescue but was retrieved by lifeboat crew. An emergency tugboat, the Lauren Foss ...