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.

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer from Astoria who was injured in a “tragic” incident during a rescue last month has died, ...

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

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

The Coast Guard said the crew member was injured in a "tragic incident” about 140 miles off the Washington coast responding to a medical evacuation.

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

Coast Guard swimmer Tyler Jaggers died a week after suffering injuries while responding to a rescue in late February, the Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Association confirmed.