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Safety Precautions Can Prevent Recreational Boating Tragedies
Last week, we discussed the role of alcohol in some recent recreational boating accidents, and this 2012 PSA from the US Coast Guard makes the important point that accidents happen…
Jones Act Attorneys Help Amputation Victims
The US Coast Guard said in a news release that it had to medically evacuate a 23-year-old fisherman on April 10 after he severed his middle finger while working with…
NTSB Issues Recommendations Following Four Deaths in 2011 TRINITY II Accident
This Latin America News video shows footage from the rescue of seven individuals who had to abandon the 78 ½-foot long liftboat TRINITY II about 15 miles offshore in the…
Boston Maritime Trial Lawyers Encourage Safe Summer Boating
Boston Maritime Trial Lawyers Encourage Safe Summer Boating This Asbury Park Press video shows New Jersey State Police discussing the 17-foot Boston Whaler that was struck by what was at…
Families Suffer When Loved Ones Disappear on the Water
The CARNIVAL TRIUMPH was involved in yet another maritime accident on April 3 when high winds caused the cruise ship and several other barges to break loose from their moorings…
Boston Maritime Attorneys Stress Importance of Drowning Awareness
Boston Maritime Attorneys Stress Importance of Drowning Awareness This WCVB-TV segment from last April discussing a new technology that could help prevent drowning deaths. The video notes that with the…
Coast Guard Medevacs Tanker Worker with Injured Back Following 20-Foot Fall
Coast Guard Medevacs Tanker Worker with Injured Back Following 20-Foot Fall The US Coast Guard said in a press release that it medevaced a 28-year-old man who sustained a back…
Fatal Consequences to Going Full Speed Ahead on Water
This WALA-TV video discusses a speedboat accident in Florida’s Santa Rosa Sound that killed one person and sent four others to the hospital. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said…
Coast Guard Rescues Hypothermic Overboard F/V STELLA Crewmember
Coast Guard Rescues Hypothermic Overboard F/V STELLA Crewmember This video shows the US Coast Guard medevac rescue of a 35-year-old crewmember who was exhibiting signs of hypothermia after falling overboard…