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Coast Guard, Commercial Salvage Company Save Parents, 16-year-old Daughter Radios for Help
July 3, 2008 - BARNEGAT, N.J. - The Coast Guard received a call from Cary Skrzat, the couple's 16-year-old daughter, at 2:11 p.m. today reporting that her parents had fallen off their 25-foot boat and had drifted out of sight. The couple's four children remained aboard the boat.

Vessel Sinking! Lives Saved! Case Closed!
June 19, 2008 - FIRE ISLAND, NY – The Coast Guard First District Command Center, Boston, received recreational boat Canyon Bound’s 406 megahertz EPIRB, emergency distress electronic beacon signal via a SARSAT satellite. Coast Guard Sectors Long Island Sound, Delaware Bay and New York also received “Mayday” calls stating the vessel was taking on water. All Coast Guard Sectors issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast informing mariners of an imminent Search and Rescue (SAR) event.

“Hearing the Call” with Rescue 21
May 23, 2008 - Rescue 21, the Coast Guard’s critical life-saving communications system, is being installed in a new Coast Guard Sector approximately every five weeks and is currently guarding over 13,686 miles of U.S. coastline.

Coast Guard Saves Lives with Rescue 21 System Delivering the Goods
October 2007 - Fourteen boaters have Rescue 21 to thank for enabling the Coast Guard to bring them to safety.

Rescue 21 System Operational at Sector Delaware Bay
September 26, 2007 - The US Coast Guard's new command, control and communications system know as Rescue 21 is operational in the heavily trafficked Sector Delaware Bay.

Alaska Project Resident Office Commissioning Ceremony
August 2, 2007 - The Coast Guard's Rescue 21 Acquisition Project will officially commission a Project Resident Office (PRO) in Jueanu Alaska

Port Angeles, WA Acceptance Ceremony
April 2, 2007 - The United States Coast Guard will officially accept and dedicate the command, control and communication system known as Rescue 21

Rescue 21 in Seattle and Port Angeles
January 4, 2007 - The United States Coast Guard activates new communication system in the Pacific Northwest

St. Petersburg, FL Acceptance Ceremony
October 24, 2006 - The United States Coast Guard to hold ceremony for Rescue 21

St. Petersburg, FL Hoax Calls
October 18, 2006 - Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders deemed four Mayday transmissions in the last 10 days as possible hoax calls.