These elite lifesavers are trained to respond and rescue in a plethora of deadly situations and scenarios. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers go through a 6 month long course with one of the highest ...

Two hikers, including a man who slid down a slope and was stuck clinging to a near vertical hill above a boulder ridden drop, ...

Aviation Survival Tech Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Faulkner was one of the first female Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The difficulty of the training and the duty are legendary -- and badass.

A helicopter carrying rescue swimmers reached the boat, and two team members jumped in the water, officials said. The Coast Guard rescue swimmers helped hoist the group of migrants onto the ...

"A Coast Guard Station Mayport rescue surface swimmer attempted to contact the people reportedly underneath the vessel but received no responses. "Divers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office ...

During the mission, deputies contacted the U.S. Coast Guard for assistance. In the video, a rescue swimmer, identified by local news as Tyler Gantt, lowers from a helicopter, extracts the woman ...