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One Dead After Boat Sinks Off Oregon Coast

Neither man was wearing a personal flotation device.

(MANZANITA, Ore.) - One man is dead and another was rescued after their boat sank off the Oregon coast near Manzanita Thursday night.

The Coast Guard says they received word that an 18-foot pleasure craft with a 66-year-old male and a 48-year-old male had capsized south of the Nehalem Bay South Jetty and were in need of assistance.

Search Called Off for Man Missing Off Oregon Coast

The Coast Guard says weather conditions on scene were approaching gale force winds with water temperatures in the low to mid 50's.

(ASTORIA, Ore. ) - The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who fell overboard Saturday, near the Columbia River entrance.

Coast Guard Group Astoria received a call from the 36-foot fishing vessel Ida W II that one of their crew members had fallen overboard and was not wearing a life vest.

Coast Guard Airlifts Air Force Member Near Tillamook Bay

The Air Force was conducting the water survival training in life rafts at the time of the incident.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore. ) - A Coast Guard rescue helicopter crew airlifted an Air Force member yesterday after he developed a medical condition during a water survival exercise 1.5 miles west of Tillamook Bay, Ore.

The member was transferred from a raft and onto a nearby 47-foot motor lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay at 12:15 PM.

Minutes later, the member was hoisted from the motor lifeboat to an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore.

Coast Guard Searching Oregon Coast for Teen Swept Out to Sea

Dispatchers notified Coast Guard Air Facility North Bend that two boys had been swept out to sea and were in need of assistance at approximately 5:00 PM.

(NESKOWIN, Ore. ) - Coast Guard units are searching the Oregon coast near Neskowin, Ore., for signs of a teenaged boy who was swept out to sea Friday afternoon.

An HH-65 helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Facility North Bend, the crew of a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Depoe Bay and local fire department crews are searching the waters near Nestucca Beach for signs of the missing boy.

Woman Falls from Cliff, Three More Plucked from Oregon Coastal Waters

Coast Guard Group Astoria also responded to a report of three people in the water at Seaside, Ore.

(SEASIDE, Ore. ) - A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a woman who fell from a cliff at Ecola State Park near Seaside, Ore., Wednesday.

Coast Guard Air Station Astoria received a call from the Seaside dispatch center at 4:00 PM that the woman and two Good Samaritans were in need of rescuing from the bottom of the cliff.

The 18-year-old woman injured herself when she fell nearly 50 vertical feet into a cove on the South side of the park.

Six People Pulled from Oregon Coastal Waters Tuesday

A teenage boy is presumed dead after disappearing yesterday while wading in the waves with friends near Cannon Beach.

(SEASIDE, Ore. ) - A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two swimmers from the waters near Seaside on Tuesday.

Coast Guard Air Station Astoria received a call from 911 operators at 5:44 PM that three swimmers had been caught in a riptide and were pulled out to sea.

Swimmer Rescued Near Warrenton Monday (VIDEO)

Riptides cause approximately 100 deaths annually in the United States, more than all other natural hazards except heat and lightning.

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a swimmer from the waters near Warrenton, Oregon, Monday. They received a relayed call from 911 operators at 11:01 AM that two swimmers had been caught in a riptide and were pulled out to sea.

An HH-60 helicopter crew was diverted to the scene and airlifted one of the swimmers from the water. The other swimmer managed to swim to shore on his own prior to the crew's arrival.

Coast Guard Aids Distressed Vessel off Washington (VIDEO)

Watch a video clip shot from a Coast Guard helicopter on scene at the distressed vessel.

(SEATTLE, Wash.) - The Coast Guard was requested to help a vessel in distress off of Washington's Point Partidge Monday.

Four people aboard a 27-foot pleasure craft called for help at 12:43 PM, reporting that they saw water and smoke in their engine compartment.

Coast Guard Saves Four from Grounded Sailboat off Washington Coast (VIDEO)

No injuries were reported.

(SEATTLE) - The Coast Guard assisted four people on a sailing vessel that ran aground at the south end of Lopez Island, Wash., on Sunday.

Coast Guard Group Port Angeles received a call at approximately 5:10 PM from the 36-foot sailing vessel, Shekinech, that they had run aground and needed assistance.

Upon arrival the 33-foot small response boat crew pulled the Shekinech off of the rocks while the helicopter hovered in case of further complications.

Three Escape Injury in Sailboat Grounding on Oregon Coast

The three met reportedly set sail from Illwaco, Washington on May 22nd at 4:00 AM and were enroute to Newport.

(NEWPORT, Ore. ) - Three people were not injured after their 31-foot sailboat ran aground early Wednesday morning just north of the north jetty in Newport.