MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to award Silver Lifesaving Medal in Mobile, Alabama

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 03/10/2020 09:50 AM EDT

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MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to award Silver Lifesaving Medal in Mobile, Alabama

WHO: Coast Guard Sector Mobile

WHAT: The Coast Guard is awarding the Silver Lifesaving Medal to a member who saved a man from drowning

WHEN: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: 1500 15th Street, Mobile, AL 36615, Coast Guard Sector Mobile pier

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is scheduled to present the Silver Lifesaving Medal to a member who, at his own wedding, swam out and saved a man from drowning off Orange Beach, Alabama, on Aug. 2, 2018. 

The Silver Lifesaving Medal is awarded to any member of the Coast Guard who rescues, or endeavors to rescue any other person from drowning, shipwreck, or other peril of the water within the United States or subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

Rear Adm. John Nadeau, commander, Eighth Coast Guard District will present the medal to Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Edwards, a marine science technician at Coast Guard Sector Mobile, for his lifesaving actions. 

Media planning to attend the event should RSVP with Ensign Sam Haley at 251-441-5691 or at Samuel.R.Haley@uscg.mil and plan on arriving no later than 2 p.m. the afternoon of the ceremony.

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