D8 External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
Multimedia Release
Coast Guard Disaster Assistance Response Team sandbags flooded Illinois neighborhood
BROOKPORT, Ill. -- In this video provided by the Eighth Coast Guard District External Affairs Office, a Coast Guard Disaster Assistance Response Team from Cincinnati, Ohio helps local residents place sandbags to stem flooding, May 4, 2011. The Coast Guard is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and several states and local agencies to minimize damage to property, structures and to help save lives from historic flood levels. CLICK HERE for official Coast Guard video of the sandbagging effort.
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BROOKPORT, Ill.-- Coast Guard Reservists from Marine Security Detachment (MSD) CincinnatiÕs Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) shuttle an elderly Brookport, Ill., man and a nine-year-old girl to the safety of dry land after their town flooded, May 4, 2011. MSD Cincinnati's DART team has been working with local and federal agencies to assist in flood response in rain-soaked communities throughout Southern Illinois. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco.
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BROOKPORT, Ill.-- A Brookport, woman hugs a Coast Guard Reserve Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) member after he ferried her father to safety through the town's flooded streets, May 4, 2011. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco.
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BROOKPORT, Ill.-- Coast Guard reservists from Marine Security Detachment Cincinnati ferry an emergency response team across the flooded community of Brookport, Ill., in one of their Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) boats, May 4, 2011. Brookport has been turned into an island as rising floodwaters have blocked all land routes into and out of the city. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco.
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BROOKPORT, Ill.-- Coast Guard Reservists from Marine Security Detachment (MSD) CincinnatiÕs Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) shuttle an elderly Brookport, Ill., man and a nine-year-old girl to the safety of dry land after their town flooded, May 4. MSD Cincinnati's DART team has been working with local and federal agencies to assist in flood response in rain-soaked communities throughout Southern Illinois. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco.
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BROOKPORT, Ill.-- A Coast Guard Reservists from Marine Security Detachment (MSD) CincinnatiÕs Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) wades through floodwaters as he ferries a Brookport, Ill., man to safety after the town flooded, May 4, 2011. MSD Cincinnati's DART team has been working with local and federal agencies to assist in flood response in rain-soaked communities throughout Southern Illinois. Photo by Isaac D. Pacheco.
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