# Us coastguard
Man Taken to Miami Hospital by U.S. Coast Guard After a Shark Attacks During a Fishing Trip
A 51-year-old man was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on February 21 after he suffered an injury to his arm from a shark bite. The man was fishing in waters off of Bimini in the Bahamas when the shark attacked, leaving him with a serious wound to the arm.
US Coast Guard Rescues 10 Migrants From a Boat Sinking off Florida – 6 Were Immediately Repatriated to Cuba
Coast Guard HelicopterPhoto by The Marksman on Unsplash. Barely two weeks after 39 out of 40 migrants died when their boat sank, the US Coast Guard was once again called upon to rescue those making the treacherous crossing from Cuba to Florida. This time, the Coast Guard rescued the 10 Cubans aboard a boat sinking around 40-miles off Key Largo, before immediately repatriating 6 of them to Cuba.
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U.S. Coastguard Continues Search For 39 People After Lone Survivor Found Clinging to a Capsized Boat Near Florida
The U.S. Coastguard was searching the Atlantic Ocean off Florida late into the evening of January 25, hoping to find and rescue up to 39 missing people. The Coastguard was called after a man was found clinging to the hull of a capsized boat - the boat was believed to have been smuggling people to Florida.