Chicamacomico lifesaving station has a storied history, as does the entire oceanic lifesaving occupation on the Outer Banks.  Chicamacomico was part of the United States Life-Saving Service (1871-1915) which would eventually become today’s U.S. Coast Guard, and was the first such station built in NC dating back to 1874.  The men of the United States Life-Saving Service  were the original rescue heroes, the “storm warriors” who made dramatic and heroic rescues of shipwreck victims whose lives were in peril from the sea.   

A TV news station recently  highlighted one of the brave rescues made 91 years ago at Chicamacomico.  This clip recalls a particular instance in WWI when the rescuers saved a group of British naval men in the heat of battle.