Coast Guard, Navy rescue woman, child, pets from sailboat beset by weather 925 miles off Honolulu

Coast Guard, Navy rescue woman, child, pets from sailboat beset by weather 925 miles off Honolulu

USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after rescuing a woman, child, cat and tortoise from their sailing vessel 925 miles off Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 29, 2024. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received an emergency position indicating radio beacon alert from a French-flagged sailboat beset by weather and requested the assistance of the William P. Lawrence crew to conduct the rescue.