Laws surrounding life jackets, also referred to as personal flotation devices — PFDs —or buoyancy aids, vary by state. But ...

Over 60% of boating fatalities in Florida were caused by people falling overboard and drowning. 80% of the victims were not ...

Saturday headlines: 3 dead, over a dozen wounded in mass shooting at New Mexico park No one on board wore life jackets, according to a Coast Guard news release. The cause of the boat capsizing is ...

While fishing and boating are inherently risky, this shows the importance of wearing your life jacket no matter what vessel you’re in. In 2019, for example, the U.S. Coast Guard identified 613 boating ...

The US Coast Guard has rescued a man who was found ... Officials told him to put on life jacket and hold tight to his emergency locator beacon, as he braced for the hurricane to arrive.