By John Tanet, Alex Jensen, KGW ASTORIA, Ore. (KGW) — Tyler Jaggers, the Coast Guard rescue swimmer who was injured in a "tragic incident" last Friday has died, the Cowlitz County Search and Rescue ...

ASTORIA, Ore. (KOIN) — A memorial is growing along the Columbia River in Astoria as community members honor a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who died after being injured during an offshore rescue mission.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Astoria who was injured in a “tragic” incident during a rescue last month has died, according to the Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Association. The ...

Update: Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Oregon dies a week after ‘tragic’ rescue gone wrong A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer ...

Tyler Jaggers, a rescue swimmer and aviation survival technician second class, was on life support following an accident ...

He was also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross — one of the nation’s highest awards for heroism in aerial flight — by the ...

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers, an aviation survival technician assigned to Air Station Astoria, Oregon, ...

Coast Guard swimmers are the elite of the elite, and the tight-knit group is pulling together for one of its own.

An aircrew member of the Astoria Air Station Coast Guard was injured while responding to a medevac request last week.