Document Number: 2680
 

Fifth District
U.S. Coast Guard

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Media Advisory

Date: Oct. 30, 2008
Contact: Petty Officer Andrew Kendrick
(757) 434-7721

*Media Availability at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is scheduled to host a media availability Thursday at 4 p.m. with a helicopter crew responsible for rescuing two people from a sinking sailboat more than 100 miles southeast of Atlantic City, N.J., Wednesday morning.

Media interested in attending are asked to contact Petty Officer Andrew Kendrick at (757) 434-7721.

More information about the rescue is available on www.CoastGuardD5PublicAffairs.com

Click here to see a previous press release.

Click here to see photos and video from the case.

 

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