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A look back 20 years ago, on the challenges Coast Guard air crews and rescue swimmers had to overcome in New Orleans, to | dG1fdzY0MzFSeU95OEk
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00:00you know this is our business in the Coast Guard it's all about hurricane
00:07season and preparing for hurricanes that's why we're here that's why we serve
00:13and that's why we all joined the Coast Guard was to save lives thank you for
00:17allowing me to speak with you about how a relatively small Coast Guard aviation
00:20force was able to save more lives in seven days than it typically does in
00:23several years this is the greatest sustained intense most successful rescue
00:28operation at Coast Guard history does everything that can kill you I had
00:34chemical burns over my entire body everybody did as much as they could for
00:38as long as they could I'm sorry you guys we now look back 20 years ago at the air
00:45crews that flew over the city of New Orleans during what was one of the
00:49Coast Guard's finest hours
00:58you
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