Coast Guard choppers rescued thousands, kept death toll lower

wwltv.com ^ | 09/17/05 | AP

[Ellesu]

Thanks, great photos!

[ImpBill]

Let's see, would this be the Blanco/Nagin Louisiana Coast Guard or the Federal Coast Guard? I thought the Fed's did nothing right. < /sarcasm >

[Sometimes A River]

Because they are doing good and everyone knows Bush blew up those levees to kill poor people.

/S

[American Vet Repairman]

My hat off to the Coasties.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I think it is remarkable and it's good to see the Coast Guard in its ascendancy after a long period of getting no respect.

However - you have to ask - once Mayor Nagin failed to do his job and get essentially everyone out of the city - how much expense and how many lives can be chalked up to the local failure? All this falderal about the Bush Administration and FEMA would be moot if there had been no one left in New Orleans, in the path of the storm. When you go into critical failure analysis mode (which the MSM may engage in beginning in 6 months) you come back to the Nagin failure. It all stems from that.

[showme_the_Glory]

Only saved 6,500 people. All white too. /sarc

[NautiNurse]

New Orleans – A Mastiff found in New Orleans by Coast
Guard Port Security Unit 307 lies on the ground at Coast
Guard Station New Orleans Sept. 14, 2005. Crewmembers at 
PSU 307 have temporarily adopted the animal until the 
owner can be found. Coast Guard crews were tasked to 
rescue as many people as they could and as many animals 
as possible. PSU307 is stationed in St. Petersburg, Fla.,
and was deployed to News Orleans assisting with hurricane
efforts throughout the region. Coast Guard photo by PA1 
Dana Warr.

[FDNYRHEROES]

Officials say almost 5,000 of those rescues were by hoist in areas where the water was just too deep or dangerous for the Coast Guard to come in by boat.

Water too deep or dangerous for a boat? 5,000 rescuees? WTF?

[Ellesu]

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 29, 2005) - Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Huerta hoists two children into a Coast Guard rescue helicopter here today. The Coast Guard has begun damage assessment overflights as well as search and rescue operations following Hurricane Katrina. Huerta, 34, of Tampa, Fla., is an aviation maintenance technician stationed at Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Bahbah]

All of those lives were saved by the crews of just 17 helicopters, during 1,500 flight hours in the air.

This just about makes you sob with joy and gratitude.

[OldFriend]

Bless our heroes.

[commish]

OOOORAH!

[GodBlessUSA]

The United States Coast Guard! They Rock and...Roll!!! :)

[Rebelbase]

This has to be the largest helicopter rescue in the history of the world.

[bitt]

tonk a thanks

[ohioWfan]

God bless these HEROES!

[RaceBannon]

Oh, there you squids go braggin again... :)

[Soaring Feather]

Coast Guard choppers rescued thousands, kept death toll lower...





Thank You Coast Guard.

[beckysueb]

Where in the heck is the media to cover good news like this!