by usrv | Sep 1, 2018 | Drowning, Local News, SAR (Search & Rescue), Survival Tips
A group of good Samaritans saved an infant and a 2-year-old from drowning inside an upside down pickup that was filling with rushing water during severe storms in North Texas Saturday. The rescue was caught on video. Emily Ocheltree, 21, told Telemundo 39’s...
by usrv | Apr 5, 2018 | Informational, Local News, SAR (Search & Rescue)
By Roland Rodriguez They don’t need light or even visibility in the water to see things, which is important when recovering evidence in an underwater crime scene in less than clear water. Every month, members of the Corpus Christi Police Department’s...
by usrv | Mar 23, 2018 | Informational, Local News, SAR (Search & Rescue)
Manta rays are some of the sea’s most graceful creatures, capable of gliding almost effortlessly and able to swim efficiently even in turbulent water. Now, researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a robot that mimics the manta. Dubbed...
by usrv | Oct 7, 2016 | Drowning, Local News, Past Missions
A memorial now sits along the road in East Hoquiam where a 35-year-old Hoquiam man jumped into the river while fleeing police, and was never seen again. Multiple agencies searched the area last week, and on Thursday the rescue operation became that of recovery....
by usrv | Sep 20, 2016 | Drowning, Local News, Past Missions
Grays Harobr Scanner has an update on the search for the body of the individual that had jumped into the Hoquiam river while trying to avoid capture by police on Wedensday from Chierf Myers of the Hoquiam Police Department. On the morning of Wednesday, September 14,...
by usrv | Sep 15, 2016 | Drowning, Local News, Past Missions
A 35-year-old Hoquiam man, who was attempting to elude police, plunged into the Hoquiam River, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Thu Sep 15th, 2016 8:30am Hoquiam Police officers were dispatched at 8:08 a.m. Wednesday morning to a report of a suspicious vehicle...
