U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Foy, a boat crew member at Station New Orleans, talks about the importance of boaters having a VHF marine-grade radio while underway on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept. 11, 2025. Station New Orleans boat crew members mentioned an increase in boaters during duck hunting season, without any forms of communication, and recommended handheld VHF radios over a cell phone. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Vincent Moreno)
Coast Guard and salvage crews extracted the remaining four Golden Ray crew members Sept. 9, 2019, in St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, Georgia. The crew members were transported by a Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to Glenn County EMS for further medical evaluation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Station Brunswick)
