1893:	Life- saving Station keeper H .E. Wilcox of Cape Arago Life- saving Station rescued 55 of 56 passengers of SS Emily that was capsizing in a raging sea.  Persons were transported from the doomed vessel to the lifeboat via a life raft.
1994:	The Polar Sea departed from Victoria, British Columbia on operation Arctic Ocean Section 1994 and becomes the first US surface vessel to reach the North Pole.  She then transited the Arctic Ocean back to her homeport in Seattle, WA.
1996:	TWA Flight 800 crashes off New York with no survivors.  Numerous Coast Guard units conduct search and rescue operations to no avail.