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The Finest Hours is a 2016 American action thriller film [7] [8] directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.The screenplay, written by Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy, is based on The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. [9]
Ben Randall is the top rescue swimmer at the United States Coast Guard's Aviation Survival Technician (AST) program, but the long hours have destroyed his marriage. When on a rescue, Ben loses his team in a HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter crash at sea. While waiting in a survival raft, his best friend, Chief Petty Officer Carl Billings
The rescue of the Pendleton survivors is considered one of the most daring rescues in the history of the United States Coast Guard. [6] All four crew of CG-36500 were awarded the Coast Guard's Gold Lifesaving Medal (rather than just the coxswain, the typical treatment). [4] At the time of her loss, Pendleton was insured for $1,690,000. [7]
The rescue operation has been noted as one of the most successful in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. [3] Webber served in the Merchant Marine during World War II, then joined the Coast Guard in 1946. At the time of the Pendleton rescue Webber was serving as a boatswain's mate first class at Coast Guard Station Chatham.
1 /3 COURTESY KEVIN COOPER / U.S. COAST GUARD COURTESY USCG The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy rescued a French woman, her daughter, and their pets from a 47-foot sailboat in the path of the former ...
Tuesday’s Deadliest Catch was extremely intense as the U.S. Coast Guard battled a vicious storm to rescue a severely injured fisherman. A rogue wave caused Patricia Lee deckhand Francis Katangan ...
The dramatic rescue caught on video by the Coast Guard, captured a diver repelling down into the waters as Barcome and Gunn, both donning life vests escaped the sinking boat by jumping into the ...
The Coast Guard helicopter did not try to lower rescue gear onto the yacht (as shown in the movie, where it gets entangled with the mast), but rather asked the crew of Satori to jump overboard to meet a rescue swimmer in the water. Leonard eventually complied with the request.