So Others May Live: Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death - Softcover

Laguardia-Kotite, Martha; Ridge First Secretary Of The De, Tom

 
9781599211596: So Others May Live: Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1599211599 ISBN 13: 9781599211596
Verlag: Lyons Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

So Others May Live is the untold story of the U.S. Coast Guard's quiet but resolute rescue swimmers. From deep ocean caves on the Oregon coast to the panicked and chaotic streets of post-Katrina New Orleans, here are their stunningly heroic stories.

In startlingly clear and exceptional writing, Martha LaGuardia-Kotite tells twelve heroic stories of the greatest maritime rescues attempted since the program began in 1985. These feats, told through the eyes of the heroes, reveal an understanding of how and why the rescuer, with flight crew assistance, risks his or her own life to reach out to save a stranger. Covering diverse environments—oceans, hurricanes, oil rigs, caves, sinking vessels, floods, and even Niagara Falls—So Others May Live is truly a can't-put-it-down collection.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Martha J. LaGuardia-Kotite is a graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and a writer with hundreds of magazines articles to her credit. This is her first book. She lives in Niceville, Florida.

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Fourteen true, amazing, and inspiring stories of some of the bravest men and women you'll ever meet So Others May Live is the untold story of the U.S. Coast Guard's quiet but resolute rescue swimmers. From deep ocean caves on the Oregon coast to the panicked and chaotic streets of post-Katrina New Orleans, here are their stunningly heroic stories--some of the greatest maritime rescues attempted since the program was started in 1985. These feats, told through the eyes of the heroes, reveal an understanding of how and why the rescuer, with flight crew assistance, risks his or her own life to reach out to save a stranger. Covering diverse environments--oceans, hurricanes, oil rigs, caves, sinking vessels, floods, and even Niagara Falls--this is truly a can't-put-it-down collection.

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Verlag
Lyons Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1599211599
ISBN 13 
9781599211596
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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