Hurricane Ike

09.13.2008

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Blue 

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters   

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey Hanchette (foreground), a rescue swimmer from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., and Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Mccarthy, also a rescue swimmer from Elizabeth City, sit and brace for take-off in a HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter as they begin the overflight assessments of southwest Louisiana and southwest Texas following the landfall of Hurricane Ike Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008.

Each HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter deployed for Hurricane Ike response carried one additional rescue swimmer during the overflight missions.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue)

• Date Taken: 09.13.2008
• Date Posted: 12.11.2013 23:45
• Photo ID: 1088639
• VIRIN: 080913-G-3885B-031
• Resolution: 2000x1328
• Size: 1.13 MB