So Others May Live; Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death,9781592289318

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

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ISBN13: 9781592289318
ISBN10: 1592289312
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2006-06-01
Publisher(s): Lyons Press
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Summary

So Others May Live is the untold story of the U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer. In startlingly clear and exceptional writing, it tells twelve heroic stories of the greatest maritime rescues attempted since the program was started in 1985. These feats, told through the eyes of the hero, 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. The book covers diverse environments: oceans, hurricanes, oil rigs, caves, sinking vessels, floods, and even Niagara Falls. It is truly a can't-put-it-down collection.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Tom Ridge ix
Acknowledgments x
Introduction xi
1. So Others May Live
1(26)
2. If You're Not Scared, You're Not Living
27(24)
3. Believers
51(18)
4. First
69(14)
5. To Almost Die
83(10)
6. Storm of the Century
93(12)
7. The Falls
105(14)
8. Bow Mariner
119(14)
9. Hurricane Baby
133(16)
10. Obstacle Rich 149(10)
11. Point of No Return 159(16)
12. The Perfect Rig 175(14)
13. Game On, Gentlemen, Game On 189(20)
14. Saints Over New Orleans 209(28)
Epilogue: Rescuing the Rescuer 237(8)
Gallery of Rescue Swimmers 245(4)
Appendix: List of Abbreviations 249(2)
Index 251

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