1983-118 Commending The Crew Of The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station For Outstanding Service Rendered.9 '� 1
A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY COMMENDING THE
CREW OF THE U. S. COAST GUARD AIR STATION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE RENDERED.
WHEREAS, the U. S. Coast Guard is the oldest seagoing organization
of our nation founded on August 4, 1790, and
WHEREAS, the U. 5. Coast Guard has subsequently taken on a multitude
of tasks which now include search and rescue, maintaining aids to navigation,
law enforcement, oceanographic research, ice breaking, merchant marine and
boating safety and readiness, and
WHEREAS, the Coast Guard has been established in Kodiak since 1947
..,providing service to citizens and the local fishing community on numerous
occasions, and
WHEREAS, an example of the readiness to serve the local community
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was again exhibited on Sunday, September 4, 1983 when a U. S. Coast Guard Air
Station helicopter crew braved gale force winds and high seas to pluck three
surviviors including an apparently dead child from an overturned crabbing
vessel near Larsen Bay, and
WHEREAS, in order to get low enough to reach the victims the rescue
helicopter had to hover partially submerged, taking care that the surging
waves did not wash over the engine knocking it out, and
WHEREAS, after rescuing the victims from waves which flooded the
!interior of the helicopter, the Air Station crew and medical staff applied
H ardio- pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) starting the child's heart again.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly
that in recognition of this outstanding service as well as in many other
instances too numerous to mention here hereby commends the U. S. Coast Guard
Air Station under the command of Captain George Gaul for the dedication and
services rendered to the citizens of Kodiak.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of October
KODIAK IS ND BOROUGH
ATTEST:
By to ugh C1
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 83 -118 -R
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, 1983.