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- As a rescue swimmer
you train like crazy,

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because you need to be
ready, when you get the call.

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- [Dispatcher] I think we got

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3 or 4 people severely injured.

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I don't know how they'd get onboard.

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I think they're gonna need a helo crew.

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- The moment that we got
the call for the Golden Ray

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I was actually on duty.

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We heard that 25 people were in the water.

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And that was pretty much the
only information that we had.

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When you're getting your
gear on and getting ready,

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the things that are
going through your mind

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you're just trying to, trying
to play out every scenario

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you can based on the
information that you have

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just to try to prepare yourself

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for what you might come upon.

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Getting on scene we saw the container ship

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pretty much flipped over on its side.

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The other helicopter told us

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that there were still
people on the bridge wing.

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We talked as a crew and decided

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that they would put me
down on to the ship.

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And I actually used the
fire hose like a rope

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and pretty much repelled
down the fire hose

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into the bridge so that
I could make contact

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with the captain and the harbor pilot.

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- He was able to sift through
the chaos of the scene

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and prioritize and execute his mission.

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- I retrieved the fire hose
and swung an end over to him.

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Because he was wearing a life jacket,

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I thought, okay just slide down
the hose to the very bottom.

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And then he could climb out
through the opposite door

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down to the water where there
were small boats waiting.

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And so that's what he ended up doing.

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I ended up tying loops in the hose

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about an arms length apart on each one,

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from the point where the
captain was, up to my position

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and told him to climb it.

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And once he was close to me
grabbed him and pulled him out.

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- If they were not there,
then I may not be here

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to provide for my family and
serve the state of Georgia.

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I'm just immensely grateful.

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- Certainly one of the
stand-outs that night

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was AST2 Nate Newburg.

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He absolutely embodies the
core values of the Coast Guard.

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And his character and performance

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were on display on that night.

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He certainly is a hero.

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(soft music)