GULFPORT, Miss. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old male, Sunday, from Ship Island, 11 miles off of Gulfport in the Gulf of Mexico.

Medevaced was Lenny Villbuena.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gulfport received a call via VHF-FM radio from a National Park Service park ranger at approximately 11 a.m., that Villbuena had fallen down a flight of stairs and suffered back and neck injuries. Crewmembers from Station Gulfport, along with a Mississippi Marine Resources officer, a life guard and National Park Service park rangers, stabilized Villbuena on shore prior to medevacing him by helicopter.

An MH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans arrived on scene at approximately noon and transported Villbuena safely to Gulfport Memorial Hospital.

His condition is unknown.

“The coordination of federal, state and local agencies worked together to deliver swift medical attention and helped save a man’s life,” said Cmdr. Eric King, chief of response for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala.

GULFPORT, Miss. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old male, Sunday, from Ship Island, 11 miles off of Gulfport in the Gulf of Mexico.

Medevaced was Lenny Villbuena.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gulfport received a call via VHF-FM radio from a National Park Service park ranger at approximately 11 a.m., that Villbuena had fallen down a flight of stairs and suffered back and neck injuries. Crewmembers from Station Gulfport, along with a Mississippi Marine Resources officer, a life guard and National Park Service park rangers, stabilized Villbuena on shore prior to medevacing him by helicopter.

An MH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans arrived on scene at approximately noon and transported Villbuena safely to Gulfport Memorial Hospital.

His condition is unknown.

“The coordination of federal, state and local agencies worked together to deliver swift medical attention and helped save a man’s life,” said Cmdr. Eric King, chief of response for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala.

GULFPORT, Miss. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old male, Sunday, from Ship Island, 11 miles off of Gulfport in the Gulf of Mexico.

Medevaced was Lenny Villbuena.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gulfport received a call via VHF-FM radio from a National Park Service park ranger at approximately 11 a.m., that Villbuena had fallen down a flight of stairs and suffered back and neck injuries. Crewmembers from Station Gulfport, along with a Mississippi Marine Resources officer, a life guard and National Park Service park rangers, stabilized Villbuena on shore prior to medevacing him by helicopter.

An MH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans arrived on scene at approximately noon and transported Villbuena safely to Gulfport Memorial Hospital.

His condition is unknown.

“The coordination of federal, state and local agencies worked together to deliver swift medical attention and helped save a man’s life,” said Cmdr. Eric King, chief of response for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala.

GULFPORT, Miss. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 75-year-old male, Sunday, from Ship Island, 11 miles off of Gulfport in the Gulf of Mexico.

Medevaced was Lenny Villbuena.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gulfport received a call via VHF-FM radio from a National Park Service park ranger at approximately 11 a.m., that Villbuena had fallen down a flight of stairs and suffered back and neck injuries. Crewmembers from Station Gulfport, along with a Mississippi Marine Resources officer, a life guard and National Park Service park rangers, stabilized Villbuena on shore prior to medevacing him by helicopter.

An MH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans arrived on scene at approximately noon and transported Villbuena safely to Gulfport Memorial Hospital.

His condition is unknown.

“The coordination of federal, state and local agencies worked together to deliver swift medical attention and helped save a man’s life,” said Cmdr. Eric King, chief of response for Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala.

BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and local agencies ended their search for a missing man after divers recovered the man Sunday morning in the waters of the Riviera Beach Channel.

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders were notified by Anne Arundel County Fire Department at 5:35 p.m., when he was reported to have not resurfaced after going into the water from an 18-foot pleasure craft Saturday.

A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., along with crews from Anne Arundel County Fire Department,  Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland State Police participated in the search for the man.

Maryland NRP is leading the accident investigation.

BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and local agencies ended their search for a missing man after divers recovered the man Sunday morning in the waters of the Riviera Beach Channel.

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders were notified by Anne Arundel County Fire Department at 5:35 p.m., when he was reported to have not resurfaced after going into the water from an 18-foot pleasure craft Saturday.

A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., along with crews from Anne Arundel County Fire Department,  Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland State Police participated in the search for the man.

Maryland NRP is leading the accident investigation.

BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and local agencies ended their search for a missing man after divers recovered the man Sunday morning in the waters of the Riviera Beach Channel.

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders were notified by Anne Arundel County Fire Department at 5:35 p.m., when he was reported to have not resurfaced after going into the water from an 18-foot pleasure craft Saturday.

A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., along with crews from Anne Arundel County Fire Department,  Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland State Police participated in the search for the man.

Maryland NRP is leading the accident investigation.

BALTIMORE — Coast Guard and local agencies ended their search for a missing man after divers recovered the man Sunday morning in the waters of the Riviera Beach Channel.

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders were notified by Anne Arundel County Fire Department at 5:35 p.m., when he was reported to have not resurfaced after going into the water from an 18-foot pleasure craft Saturday.

A 25-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay, Md., along with crews from Anne Arundel County Fire Department,  Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland State Police participated in the search for the man.

Maryland NRP is leading the accident investigation.

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a recreational vessel operator for boating under the influence of alcohol in the Great South Bay, N.Y., Saturday, July 30, 2011.

An underway rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Fire Island, N.Y., was waved down by three people in a 22-foot vessel, adrift and out of gas, at approximately 8 p.m.

The Coast Guard boarding officer recognized the three persons as being heavily intoxicated after pulling alongside the vessel. The boarding team conducted field sobriety tests and administrated a chemical breath analyzer test to both the boat operator and his passengers, which they all failed.

The vessel owner was cited for boating under the influence of alcohol. In addition, the boarding team conducted a vessel safety check and cited the vessel owner for failing to equip his vessel with navigational lights, Type IV personal flotation device and for having unserviceable life jackets.

 A Suffolk County, N.Y., Police Marine unit, also on scene, took the vessel in tow and moored it at a marina, where the vessel remained over night.

Consumption of alcohol can be especially hazardous on the water. The marine environment – motion, vibration, engine noise, sun, wind and spray – causes additional fatigue that can impair a boat operator’s coordination, judgment and reaction time even further. These impairments increase the likelihood of accidents afloat – for both passengers and boat operators.

NEW YORK – The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a recreational vessel operator for boating under the influence of alcohol in the Great South Bay, N.Y., Saturday, July 30, 2011.

An underway rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Fire Island, N.Y., was waved down by three people in a 22-foot vessel, adrift and out of gas, at approximately 8 p.m.

The Coast Guard boarding officer recognized the three persons as being heavily intoxicated after pulling alongside the vessel. The boarding team conducted field sobriety tests and administrated a chemical breath analyzer test to both the boat operator and his passengers, which they all failed.

The vessel owner was cited for boating under the influence of alcohol. In addition, the boarding team conducted a vessel safety check and cited the vessel owner for failing to equip his vessel with navigational lights, Type IV personal flotation device and for having unserviceable life jackets.

 A Suffolk County, N.Y., Police Marine unit, also on scene, took the vessel in tow and moored it at a marina, where the vessel remained over night.

Consumption of alcohol can be especially hazardous on the water. The marine environment – motion, vibration, engine noise, sun, wind and spray – causes additional fatigue that can impair a boat operator’s coordination, judgment and reaction time even further. These impairments increase the likelihood of accidents afloat – for both passengers and boat operators.