MEDIA ADVISORY: Ribbon cutting ceremony planned for U.S. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook

MEDIA ADVISORY: Ribbon cutting ceremony planned for U.S. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook

Editors' Note: Media interested in attending the event can RSVP by July 2nd to Coast Guard Sector New York Public Affairs at 347-585-2901.

NEW YORK — Media are invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiling a new, state-of-the-art facility at Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook planned for July 3 at 11:45 a.m.

Following Superstorm Sandy, funding was approved to bring the new facility to fruition, allowing Station Sandy Hook to continue to maintain the highest level of operational readiness.

WHAT: U.S. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook Ribbon Cutting

WHEN: Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at 11:45 a.m. Media interested in attending are asked to arrive no later than 11:15 a.m.

WHO:       

• Rear Adm. Andrew J. Tiongson, Commander, First Coast Guard District
• Capt. Jason Tama, Commander, Sector New York
• Capt. Patrick J. Dugan, Commanding Officer of Facilities Design and Construction Center
• Chief Warrant Officer Seth A. Hunt, Commanding Officer, Station Sandy Hook

Also expected to attend:

• Sen. Cory A. Booker, Junior United States Senator, New Jersey
• Rep. Frank Pallone, House, New Jersey's Sixth Congressional District

WHERE: 20 Crispin Rd, Highlands, N.J. 07732

Superstorm Sandy made landfall along the Northeast coast in October 2012 and left behind unprecedented devastation which impacted Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook and its piers located at the northern tip of the peninsula. After Sandy hit, the Coast Guard permanently relocated 35 families living in the provided housing there.

Coast Guard units have been stationed on this strategic plot of land since 1848 when the first Life-Saving Service Station was opened there.

Media interested in attending the ceremony are asked to RSVP by Monday, July 2 at 3 p.m. to Ann Marie Gorden, Coast Guard Sector New York Public Affairs 347-585-2901.

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