U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Team Receives 2009 Heroism Award
On May 23, 2008, a crippled fishing trawler radioed from the Bering Sea, “Mayday! Mayday! This is the Alaska Ranger. We are flooding, taking on water.” The distress call was received at 2:53 a.m. by the U.S. Coast Guard, which launched two helicopter rescue teams: an HH-60 Jayhawk, located 230 naut...
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