Coast Guard rescues 8 people clinging to cooler in Gulf of Mexico

Coast Guard rescues 8 people clinging to cooler in Gulf of Mexico

Eight people along the Florida coast are lucky to be alive after their 28-foot boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering a crew from the Coast Guard to perform an aerial rescue operation. The Coast Guard said the incident happened Saturday about 40 miles west of Southwest Florida. Rescuers originally received a distress call about the … Read more

Dog rescued by Coast Guard after spending 8 days trapped in shipping container is pregnant

Dog rescued by Coast Guard after spending 8 days trapped in shipping container is pregnant

This dog is full of surprises! The adorable — and resilient — pooch who was trapped inside a Texas shipping container for over a week before being rescued by US Coast Guard officers is pregnant, the group caring for the animal announced this week. After the canine — nicknamed Connie the container dog — was … Read more

I was a Titanic sub passenger: The waiver said ‘death’ three times

I was a Titanic sub passenger: The waiver said ‘death’ three times

Mike Reiss took extra paper with him to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean in case the deep-sea submersible didn’t return to the surface getting a glimpse of the sunken Titanic last year. Reiss – an Emmy Award-winning writer-producer for “The Simpsons” – descended 13,000 feet with four others inside OceanGate Expedition’s Titan submersible to see … Read more

Boat busted with mutilated corpses of 114 protected sharks weighing nearly 1 ton

Boat busted with mutilated corpses of 114 protected sharks weighing nearly 1 ton

They literally jumped the sharks. Authorities were horrified after discovering the mutilated corpses of 114 protected sharks on a fishing boat off Colombia. “During the inspection, species that appeared to be sharks were found,” Juan David Rendón, commander of the Pacific Coast Guard Group, told Jam Press of the Jaws-dropping find, which occurred Nov. 27 … Read more