The mission when they left Md. was to help save lives after a helicopter and plane collided. Grim news awaited them when they ...

For the first time since the plane crash over the Potomac River that claimed 67 lives ... A DC Fire and EMS fire boat captain and a dive team member who helped recover victims told NBC Washington ...

The Coast Guard response to the Washington D.C. plane crash in January included 278 personnel, 11 small boat stations and ...

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Corbin Singleton, left, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lance Ide, boatswain’s mates at Station St. Inigoes, respond to the aircraft collision on the Potomac ...

After American Eagle Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter collided, firefighters, boat operators and others from D.C., Maryland and Virginia went into action.

The collision, which sent both aircraft into the Potomac River, claimed the lives ... a phone call alerted his crew to the crash, and they moved to the boat to respond and they made it to the ...

“In our eyes, we thought we’d be helping victims of this crash out of the water — getting ... smell of the jet fuel in water as his boat approached the wreckage made clear that what he ...

The water rescue team's boat on the night of the crash was at the County's Quincy Street property. Both the station and the Quincy Street property are just minutes away from the Potomac River and ...

There were many boats along the Potomac ... The crash and response efforts, he said, “will leave an impact on all of us that responded, in particular our divers and boat operators that were ...