Video shows US Coast Guard crew save man and his cat from an adrift boat in Alaska
A man and his cat are safe after a United States Coast Guard crew rescued them from a boat near the Barren Islands in Alaska.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew saved the man and his cat on Oct. 25 at the Kennedy entrance near the Barren Islands. The survivors were taken to a Coast Guard base in Kodiak until the vessel's owner made arrangements to recover the adrift boat.
Kodiak is over 400 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, and is home to the largest U.S. Coast Guard base in the world, according to Kodiak College. About 13,500 people live throughout the Kodiak Island Archipelago. Kodiak, the college said.
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Other recent US Coast Guard rescues
The rescue in Alaska comes after Coast Guard crews saved a boat captain and a man and his dog during two separate hurricanes that recently hit the U.S.
A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station crew rescued a man and his pup during Hurricane Helene in late September. The crew arrived in the nick of time because the man's sailboat became disabled and began taking on water off the Florida coast in Sanibel Island.
Helene made landfall in Florida with 140 mph winds, which combined with rain, led to the downing of trees and powerlines.
Hurricane Milton caused devastating damage as well and resulted in the Coast Guard making another astounding rescue. A crew saved the life of a boat captain who was spotted hanging onto a cooler after Milton hit earlier this month.
The captain was spotted floating in the water about 30 miles off Longboat Key when the crew rescued him via helicopter. He was the captain of the fishing vessel Capt. Dave, according to the Coast Guard.
After being saved, the man was taken to a hospital in Tampa for treatment.
“This man survived in a nightmare scenario for even the most experienced mariner," Sector St. Petersburg's command center chief, Lt. Cmdr. Dana Grady, said in a statement. "To understand the severity of the hurricane conditions, we estimate he experienced approximately 75-90 mph winds, 20-25 foot seas, for an extended period of time including overnight. He survived because of a life jacket, his emergency position indicating locator beacon, and a cooler."
Contributing: Taylor Ardrey and Natalie Neysa Alund
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