Coast Guard Gets Lost

For those of you out there who watch the ABC show "Lost," I'm sure that you noticed in Thursday's episode that the Coast Guard was involved in the rescue of the people stuck on the island. Those scenes were in fact filmed right here where Brian works, at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point. They spent an entire day filming the plane that Brian flies, the C-130, with a couple of Brian's buddies at the wheel, and several Coasties were even used as extras in the film. In fact, when we watch this clip, Brian recognizes several of his co-workers in the background . . . and one of the babies used in several of the scenes (they use several different babies believe it or not) is even one of Brian's co-workers daughters.

Even if you don't watch the show, check out the clip because it's kind of cool. Oh, and FYI, the two pilots shown in the first part of the clip are actors, not real Coast Guard guys (Brian says that real Coasties aren't that cheesy:)).