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17th District Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

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Date: Oct. 6, 2005
Contact: Lt. Carlotte Pittman

(907) 966-5560
After 4 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, (907) 463-2000

Photo Release

Coast Guard, Good Samaritan respond to vessel fire

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SITKA, Alaska - A crewmember from the Good Samaritan Vessel Steadfast attempts to extinguish a fire aboard the motor vessel David V near St. Mary's Point Thursday afternoon. The Good Samaritan crewmen safetly recovered the two David V crewmen from thier life raft. A Coast Guard Station Juneau rescue boat crew and an Air Station Sitka Jayhawk helicopter crew also responded to the vessel fire. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Chuck Bennett, Air Station Sitka)

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