The crew spots a family stranded on a steep roof in New Orleans but fuel is low - can they save them? Plus, a man is taken critically ill on an oil tanker and needs evacuation.
A veteran coast guard rescue swimmer is put to the ultimate test in an urban rescue mission in New Orleans. Plus, a family's swept out to sea in Florida.
Can the coast guard rescue a man with a severe neck injury - immobile in shark invested waters? Plus, a coastguard swimmer makes his first rescue, saving hurricane victims.
A helicopter crew search the Florida swamps for a missing man, hurricane survivors are trapped in their attic, and amateur sailors are in jeopardy of capsizing in violent surf.
The Clearwater air team battles hurricane winds to rescue a fishing crew caught in a massive swell, and a newly qualified pilot attempts his first hoist after Hurricane Katrina.
The Coast Guard are searching for a disabled boat with six people aboard. Near Cape Disappointment, a boat slams into a waterway spur and starts sinking rapidly.
Two sailors are stranded in a storm when their boat runs off course, a man has a heart attack miles out to sea and a surfer is trapped between a rising tide and a sheer cliff.
A teenage boy with serious skull trauma is stranded on shore and he's sliding into shock. In New Orleans people are caught in flood zones. Can the coast guard reach them in time?
After Hurricane Katrina, three women are trapped in their flooded home and a roof top rescue is impossible. Plus, a surfer is caught between a vicious tide and a sheer cliff.