MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to host reunion for 5 mariners and their rescuers

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/26/2017 08:36 PM EDT

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News Release  

April 26, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 7th District PA Detachment Tampa Bay
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Tampa Bay
 (305) 965-4672

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to host reunion for 5 mariners and their rescuers

A Coast Guard Air Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescues two men Saturday, April 15, 2017, from a commercial tow boat 26 miles west of Cedar

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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Five mariners rescued April 15 by the Coast Guard are scheduled to meet their rescuers Thursday in Clearwater. 

Who: Cmdr. Randall Brown, deputy sector commander at Sector St. Petersburg, members from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, the Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew who conducted the rescue, and the five people who were rescued.

What: A reunion for five mariners and their rescuers. 

Where: Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, 15100 Rescue Way, Clearwater, FL 33762

When: Thursday, April 27 at 12:30 p.m.

Media interested in the event are requested to RSVP to Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson, Public Affairs Detachment Tampa Bay, at 305-965-4672. There will be a 100% ID check, and those attending should arrive no later than 12:15 p.m. Thursday.

A Spanish-speaking Coast Guard member will be available for interviews. 

You can view the press release detailing the rescue here.

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