U.S. Coast Guard

would have turned 27 on March 11, less than two weeks after the Raiders linebacker embarked upon a fishing trip with three friends in the Gulf of Mexico. Hours after leaving Clearwater, Fla., the group was caught in...

When a 47-foot Coast Guard rescue boat skidded sideways during drills at the mouth of Coos Bay, Ore., last week, it seemed the coast boat was toast. Moments later, however, the self-righting vessel popped back up and...

In a 20-foot boat like the one below, Romero and his wife (opposite), El Duque and five other refugees:1. left Cuba for Anguilla Cay to meet Ramis's boat (A), which took on water and never showed;2. were picked up by...