VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod crew recounts Hurricane Harvey response one year later

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/23/2018 02:17 PM EDT

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VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod crew recounts Hurricane Harvey response one year later

 

Lt. Michelle Cosenza, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, talks about her experience responding to Hurricane Harvey. Coast Guard crews from around the country, including the Northeast, responded to the disaster and rescued more than 11,000 people. Petty Officer 3rd Class Brendan Kiley, a rescue swimmer at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, talks about his experience responding to Hurricane Harvey. Coast Guard crews from around the country, including the Northeast, responded to the disaster and rescued more than 11,000 people. Lt. Cmdr. Simon Greene, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, talks about his experience responding to Hurricane Harvey. Coast Guard crews from around the country, including the Northeast, responded to the disaster and rescued more than 11,000 people.

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BOSTON — Members of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, including two pilots and a rescue swimmer, give firsthand accounts of the the Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts.

Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August of 2017. More than 2,000 Coast Guard members responded to the disaster including many from the Northeast. Nineteen members of Air Station Cape Cod, including pilots, rescue swimmers, and maintenance personnel deployed to Houston.

The Coast Guard rescued more than 11,000 people during one of the largest response efforts in Coast Guard history.

Media interested in interviewing Coast Guard members who responded to Hurricane Harvey can contact Coast Guard Public Affairs at 617-717-9609. 

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