Video by Kevin Cooper
Coast Guard, Navy rescue woman, child, pets from sailboat beset by weather 925 miles off Honolulu
U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific
Aug. 28, 2024 | 0:22
USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after rescuing a woman, child, cat and tortoise from their sailing vessel 925 miles off Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 29, 2024. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert from a French-flagged sailboat beset by weather and requested the assistance of the William P. Lawrence crew to conduct the rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Kevin Cooper)
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