These guys are jumping into frigid water, hanging on a cable in arctic winds, carrying 50 lbs of gear across broken ground, hauling survivors... I'm watching that thinking, "man, kneeling on that cabin floor would kill my knees!"

“Thanks camera dude 👍👍” love that the doc crew was willing to give the man a ride!

Camera dude came in clutch with that ride

I had tears in my eyes for that old man. I just wanted to give him a huge hug and a hot meal.

Super impressed with these men and women, the professionalism is off the charts. So respectful and caring.

Awesome to see the 6505 sticker at 9:26. My brother Dave was the rescue swimmer on that flight.

I lived in and loved alaska for 35 years. Never needed the Coast Guard, but am sooooo thankful they are there.

"I don't like to call for help." The very misguided attitude that has killed many people afflicted with an over-inflated sense of pride. This guy was different and he did the one thing that saved his life ... he called for help when it was needed ... and available. Respect.

I admire that older man who stayed out all night. Can't beleive he survived, tough guy

This is one of the best shows produced. Thanks to all the hardworking coastguard personnel for keeping us safe.

When I was a little girl during World War II, l had an uncle who was in the Coast Guard. Knowing nothing about the Coast Guard I thought he must be a coward because he didn't join the Army and fight for his country like my father had done. When I grew up and discovered exactly what the Coast Guard is and does, if my uncle was alive today, I would hug him and love him and fall on my knees begging forgiveness for my childish attitude! God bless the Coast Guard and please watch over all the brave men and women who are members. AMEN

So happy I found your channel! I've been binge watching all episode I can find

shoutout to Camera Dude!

I LOVE how they communicate every step with each other!!! That is sometimes forgotten in civilian EMS! Awesome team!❤️🇺🇸🚑⚓️

The ophthalmologist I go to was with the Coast Guard in Alaska. I could tell that he was very proud of his time there. This is what he did while there! I enjoyed talking with him. Our 2nd son was on a fishing tender inter Bering sea up there when he was in College. He has over half of his ships pilot license training, but his wife didn’t want him to continue. He loved it!

If I was in trouble and needed to call the Coast Guard, I wouldn't care if the rescue swimmer that came to save me was a male or female, had 2 heads, 4 feet and tentacles for arms. The only thing I would care about is if they were well trained and qualified to do the job required of them. I also think that the men and women of the Coast Guard doesn't even get half of the recognition and respect that they should get.

In 6 minutes THESE WONDERFUL MEN of OUR COAST GUARD made me cry. There love and compassion is a blessing.

Heroes among GUARDIAN ANGELS-Combat FIGHTERS, Police/Sheriff's, Medics, Firefighters saving lives , and don't forget the Tow trucks Driver saving stranded drivers. All of you are Heroes we appreciate May God continue to keep all safe from danger and harmful situations. Thank you Coast Guards you young Men & Women are the people's GUARDIAN ANGELS !

Rain, snow, sleet, hail, 24/7, 365, they are there for you. They got your back." Salute".

"I don't like calling for help, but I felt this was the time I needed to." Good on this guy for knowing when his situation is untenable and calling for the appropriate resources.

These guys are hero's. They say it's there job, I say yes and y'all still hero's.

I’m so glad this channel came up. I’ve been binge watching and I love it! These men and women are so impressive! God bless them all!!

These guys are great, you are all very lucky to have such dedicated people looking out for you. Im a little jealous. TJ if you ever read this, tough guys call for help before its life and death, you got tough knowing which battles you could possibly win and making it happen. The guys that think they are tough leave it too late and then their family is burying them. Kudos to you for knowing the right time to call and having the gear to do it. Calling for help is hard, it takes a tough guy or gal to put pride aside and know when they are likely to get their arses kicked by mother nature.

11:00 Mad respect to the lady. That is some impressive upper body strength. It's much harder for women to do, especially the pull-ups IIRC. Seeing the guys cheering her on was very cool, too.

1. Thanks for this series. Binge watching like many others during COVID-19. (Sure beats cable). 2. If you were a cameraman, would this be a good gig what! 3. 7:20 If I was hiking in this country, I think I would wear something with a little more visibility. I know the Coast Guard has FLIR, but still optical visibility never hurts.

Damn guys... I just recently started prep work for the life guard permit here in the EU and that's the first time I swam with clothes on. It is hell, really. Everyone watching this, I'm not lying when I say that with clothes you are draining your stamina at a factor of five if not even higher. You just get exhausted so damn quick, especially when swimming the crawl, because that works by using the energy, that is already there and carrying it along. That just doesn't work if you get dragged backwards by all the cloth on you, so really just hats up to those guys and gals, really impressive stuff!

you guys are awesome, especially "camera dude" !!!!!!

"once the water has broken you have about 12 hours until baby comes" lol cute. 10 mins for both my children.

One of the few things I do not mind my tax dollars going to.

I would enjoy more stories of the coast gaurd. There are so many isolated areas of residencies in this country especially alaska. I have great respect for all responders and that includes the coast guard.

Thank you all for all you do

A place where DANGER is cloaked by BEAUTY!

Angoon, Klawock, Sitka, Hoonah, Kake, Haines--these are all places I'm familiar with from my 20 years in Southeast Alaska. And Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau? My daughter was born there. I don't think there's another place in the United States that relies on the Coast Guard more than Southeast Alaska. Mad props to the folks we affectionately call "Coasties."

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. GOD BLESS YOU. AMEN

The positivity of this SAR team is incredibly higher than my detachments phrogs! LOL

Bravo to the women and men for what they do

We need more seasons of these guys! Respect from UK

Coast Guard are very special people. Thank you all.

Old man was like why are we doing this interview in the snow, get me out of here first.

Does anyone else notice that 98% of the coastguard and their teams all have blue eyes 👀 🤔 so cool!!

You guys are amazing. I am amazed by all that you do. Don't ever lose you empathy!!

"The people of Alaska are pretty tough, they aren't ones to sit on the couch" 👀 I feel attacked. 😂

Props to the camera guy for helping out

This Coast Guard Team is Caring and Respectful, Awesome!!! Thank You for all you do!

Best wishes & Great Luck to Katrina! You can do it!

So thankful for these men! I hope TJ had a hot meal waiting for him too!😊👍🏻

These guard helo's are essentially just an ALS ambulance for extremely rural communities...

Camera mans been waiting years to be able to help

I live in Anchorage. I am a Marine. I have the utmost respect for the Coast Guard.

TJ - The Tough Oldtimer… Of course he was tough! Norwegian Descent! We make'm tough over here for Arctic Climate Survival! 😂👍 🇳🇴🇺🇸 That being said, you make'm pretty darn tough over there too! COAST GUARD ALASKA is one kick-ass unit of Viking Class Heroes!!! 👍👍👍👍👍 All the Guys & Gals in this series definitely have this Real Live 🇳🇴 Viking's SEAL OF APPROVAL! God Bless One & All of you out there! Stay Safe & Keep the Blue Side Up!

Go Katrina! She's a great young woman and will undoubtedly inspire others to follow her lead.

These guys & gals are God sent. Much love. From Atlanta GA.

TJ, that's what rescuers are there for...YOU! God was watching over you, young man....

I would not be surprised if the first guy that was rescued was a vet because he held out.

Bravo to the guys what they do

FYI, there is not a 12 hour limit for a woman to deliver after her water breaks...

Shout out to camera dude!

I grew up in Sitka. It did rain a lot. When we had a beautiful sunny day, everything stopped. She called it Sunshine Holiday.

these are the insane guys that jumps into the rolling sea to get someone ... utmost respect for the bravery and courage

This is how it should be for all physical jobs. When I went through the police academy there was different state physical fitness standards for men and women and it hasn't changed. For instance... men had to run the mile and half in like 10 mins, 30 secs to pass and the females in the same age bracket (20-29) got 13 mins, 15 secs. I mean I could walk that briskly. Same went for the 300m sprint, push ups, situps, and bench press (For bench press it was a different percentage of your overall body weight- Men had to lift like 120% of their body weight and women had to lift I think it was 70%. I'm pretty sure that is the same with all states currently if you look up your own states physical fitness requirements to become a police officer in the state you reside in. I have no problem working with women cops at all. There are some tough ass women I work with, but criminals aren't like well you're a woman, so I am just going to run slower to get away from you in a foot pursuit or fight you from going to prison for a warrant that will lock me up for years at a much more gender equal physical altercation force. There should be one standard for physical fitness tests for both genders. Period. The laws says in my state, and I assume most others, an officer can use lethal force if they believe themselves to be in 'fear of death or serious bodily injury', so technically a female officer could get away with shooting and killing a person at a much lower legal standard then a male officer could. A male who is 6'2'', 220 lbs. who might want to try tangling with me ( a person who wrestled his entire youth/teen life) is likely just going to get shot and killed by a 5'4'', 120 lbs. female whereas I could probably subdue him or 'blood choke' him unconscious (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) until backup arrived and them wake up relatively unharmed. I mean we are in the age of gender equality are we not? A female can do anything a male can do right? Those that say well that's what Taser is for or OC spray or some sort of non-lethal resort you are trained to never use non-lethal force if you are by yourself because a Taser could miss or fail and OC Spray in a fight just gets all over both of you and maybe the criminal isn't even feeling it cause they just smoked a dippy or something (a cigarette dipped in PCP....a common drug in our area). I'm just fighting for gender equality here...women should be with me riiiigghhhhttt??? Like I said if you don't believe me simply look up the passing physical fitness requirements to become a police officer in your state. You will see a male section and an easier female section for passing....black and white right on your state police or municipality's official websites.

I admire these professionals so much! Incredible humans!

That was the best IV I've ever felt LOL

I love watching our heroes. I only have a problem with the opening. "Is cloaked" means hidden. The beauty is not hidden! The beauty is obvious! The danger can be hidden by the beauty if you're not careful! That's true of anywhere rugged and remote but especially somewhere cold and icy. The danger is cloaked by beauty!

Representing your hometown Kent Washington !! Great job Katrina!

All need some means to place a distress signal. Most responders are not pressing for talk. The victim must conserve his oxygen intake and strength. The open line of your device to the responder is probably enough for them to follow your signal. They do converse with you whether they believe you are comprehending or not. Their only thought is to get you out with minimum of damage and to keep you alive. Even if you protest with their techniques, they will continue saving. They may apologize and ask for your advice up one wall and down the other, however, they will continue to agree with you and continue saving you. That is what they are trained to do. They are not concerned with fixing their hair and making this look good.

6:30 "Thanks camera dude" lol

Everyone's glad you called for help TJ.. being tough doesn't mean dying !

God bless our heroes!!

I just watched this because it had a MH-60 Jayhawk, aka my favorite helicopter

good on the first gentleman, it can be really important to call for help while you're able to

'Thanks camera dude', God these guys are phenomenal, i am in the U.K. you have my respect for what you do!!

Found y'all today and bing watching!

Cheers to TJ! Also, cheers to camera dude!,

Oh my goodness, I work at Kodiak Island Hospital just to do billing and admissions. I had started working on a schedule on weekend and had a elder from a remote on Kodiak The young lady all of age 14 presented with real labor I have to say I kind of freaked out at the beginning but I could see that her water is broken and she is definitely weak. It totally scared the crap out of me since I’m only a ministration person but she was so small that I scooped her up and went screaming to the nurses station and said I think she’s having a baby now! Fortunately it turned out for everyone and she was safe the baby was safe the grandfather who had flown to get her year was also relieved. And after that date her grandfather had spoken to me many times and he was very grateful. Aulani was that scared the freaking heck out fine!!

36:25 Waves: 90s Water temp: 37c Air temp: Uncomfortable Windspeed: Inappropriate

Realizing this is from 2009.

Coast guard Alaska is on a whole other level ..

thanks camera dude.😂

It's good for the military to gain trust in the community the coast guard does just hat very well

Great Job Catrina!!!

TJ seems like a really pleasant guy with a lot of willpower. That said, him standing almost perfectly still with the hood obscuring his face in the shot starting at 3:59 as his rescuer talks to the camera is weirdly comical to me. Poor guy must’ve been absolutely miserable. Glad he made it back safely.

Sitka is also the home of the Alaska State Trooper Academy!👍🏽

Lol. Thank you for your service all of you. No doubt about it much love from me and Buddy this was Belgian malinois service dog for all of you.

I really love these videos....

Thanks for the Coast Guard.

A very interesting show,I love things like this.

Thanks Camera Dude!

I can't imagine why 10 people don't like this

The old man looked very cold, let's hope he packs in the hunting in future for his own sake as well as what he was hunting

I wish they had a show like this about Air Force PJs

camera dude awesome!

That man TJ is really something. And how about the camera guy!!! How kind of him to give him a ride home to his wife who’s probably worried sick. AND DIDN’T FILM IT. What a true guy.

There is no way I could have done this even as a young adult, let alone now. The last thing they'd need is part of the crew flipping out over too much stress.

I miss being in Alaska. I was stationed at Ft. Wainwright, AK. Live in Fairbanks at 309 Haines town, house.

God bless coat gaurd

If she had given birth in the helicopter how would you say where you were born I guess it would depend on what town you were over when you were giving birth at what altitude

LOVE THIS CHANNEL.. LOVE THE MEN AND WOMEN... MY GRANDSON MIGHT WANT TO DO THIS TOO... COOL HUH?

From the first clip, I dissociated and walked into the woods, didn’t know where I was and low and behold my therapist called me and she sent me some help thankfully. I was only a mile from my house.

I had to fly 60 miles in a medivac in whiteout conditions in Germany when I had my first child. I hated planes and helicopters and all I could think of was "please get me safe on the ground".

Brave men!!