A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point medevacs a 32-year-old man 50 miles off the coast of Oahu Nov. 26, 2024. The crew hoisted the ailing man from the Zaandam, a Holland America Line cruise ship, after he experienced stroke-like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard video, courtesy Air Station Barbers Point)
Editors note: This story has been updated to clarify the role of the good Samaritan fisherman and the timing of events. U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders conducted updated drift calculations, discussed with the Palau responders, but prior to updated search patterns being sent, the divers were located.
SANTA RITA, Guam — Eight divers reported missing on Dec. 26, 2024, near Peleliu Corner, a renowned dive site off Peleliu Island in Palau,...