Coast Guard: Cape Disappointment – Pacific Northwest
CoastGuardCapeDisappointment/PacificNorthwestchroniclesdramaticrescuemissionsconductedbytheCoastGuardinandaroundtheColumbiaRiverBar.LocatedatthemouthoftheColumbiaRiver,atthepointwheretheriverconvergeswiththePacificOcean,thebarisanotoriouslyturbulentmarineenvironmentresponsiblefornumerousaccidents,injuriesandfatalitiesatsea.Totakeonanarrayofchallengesinthisdynamicnaturalenvironment,theCoastGuardpresenceincludesbothairandsurfaceassets–withhelicoptercrewsfromAirStationAstoria,inOregon,andboatrescueteamsoutofStationCapeDisappointment,locatedacrosstheriverinWashington.Theseriesfocusesontherescuers’heroicfeatsinaplacethatiscommonlyreferredtoasthegraveyardofthePacific.