USCG Performs Over Flight Assessment [Image 1 of 3]

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES

09.13.2008

Photo by Lt.Cmdr. Robert Wyman 

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

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 (background), 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, Sept. 13, 2008. Each HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter deployed for Hurricane Ike response carried one additional rescue swimmer during the overflight missions.

• Date Taken: 09.13.2008
• Date Posted: 09.14.2008 16:29
• Photo ID: 115253
• VIRIN: 080913-G-3885B-057
• Resolution: 2000x1331
• Size: 1015.27 KB
• Location: SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, US